Posted by: merlin001
« on: 16. February 2017., 16:02:38 »Something I learned with mechanical hard drives quite a few years back, especially closer to physical failure, is to try to put the failing drive in a freezer for 20 minutes, then try to spin it up. It sounds so against what we're taught, especially with extreme temperatures and moisture, but I've used it 10, maybe 12 times throughout my IT tech career, and it's worked all but twice. Also, don't try it with SSDs.