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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 10:15:36 -0700
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>In all this talk of "twisting" drives (which has never worked for me)
>has anybody mentioned sticking the thing in the freezer overnight?  I
>have resurrected a couple of stiction'd drives this way (but it
>doesn't always work).

   This is extremely dangerous, BTW.  When you take the drive out of the
freezer, condensation may form on the platters as the drive heats up.
Conversely, frost may form on the platters as the drive drops below freezing.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project