Comments | stars_fell: Dead in the water

stars_fell

Dead in the water

Aug 29, 2007 16:47

My computer has died. This severely irks me.

*posting from husband's computer*

ETA: He just put the dead hard drive in the FREEZER.

head asplode, wtf, do not want, real life, not amused

Comments 11

snarky_suzie August 29 2007, 21:57:02 UTC

freezer? eh?

stars_fell August 30 2007, 10:52:01 UTC

Apparently it can help resurrect fried hard drives for short periods of time. Also, apparently I am one of the few computer-using people out there who was unaware of this trick. :D

hhertzof August 29 2007, 22:14:55 UTC

That's often recommended. Low temperatures can correct faults (especially those caused by overheating). /computer geek

stars_fell August 30 2007, 10:52:43 UTC

So my husband said. I'd never heard of that particular trick before. :)

hhertzof August 30 2007, 12:33:04 UTC

I'd heard of it, but didn't think about it until you mentioned it. I have a failed HD floating around, but I'd just installed a new OS on it when it failed, so it's not worth freezing as there's nothing worth saving on it.

the_dibbler August 29 2007, 22:22:21 UTC

Yup may let you save the data on it that way.

stars_fell August 30 2007, 10:53:12 UTC

It did! :D And what a highly appropriate icon to use.

looneylindz August 30 2007, 02:59:41 UTC

Good luck defrosting that one.

stars_fell August 30 2007, 10:53:25 UTC

LMAO!

cadetcooke August 30 2007, 03:04:56 UTC

The freezer does work, I can attest to that! However, I do highly recommend just backing up EVERYTHING and getting a new harddrive as you don't want the same issue to come up again. I picked up a 500gb external drive at Best Buy for this sole purpose.

stars_fell August 30 2007, 10:54:48 UTC

Yeah, we went out after dinner and got a new hard drive. And putting the borked one in the freezer did let me transfer the stuff I wanted to save over to my D drive.