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Ships-R-Us · 03-09-10, 12:07 AM

I've done the freezing trick successfully only 3/5 times.....Put the drive in a styrofoam cooler with a piece of dry ice on it.....Keep it in the cooler while trying to read it. Really cold helps a lot... Sounds like the MFT is corrupt so freezing may not work......Send me your drive and I'll recover your data at no charge... Even if you format it several times it makes no difference, but don't do it again....All the electronics inside that drive are not defective... Forget the freezer........ dry ice.

03-09-10, 12:07 AM	#5
Ships-R-Us Commander Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 452 Downloads: 134 Uploads: 0	I've done the freezing trick successfully only 3/5 times.....Put the drive in a styrofoam cooler with a piece of dry ice on it.....Keep it in the cooler while trying to read it. Really cold helps a lot... Sounds like the MFT is corrupt so freezing may not work......Send me your drive and I'll recover your data at no charge... Even if you format it several times it makes no difference, but don't do it again....All the electronics inside that drive are not defective... Forget the freezer........ dry ice. Last edited by Ships-R-Us; 03-09-10 at 11:52 AM.