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Date:      Mon, 14 Oct 1996 10:15:36 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Glen Foster <gfoster@gfoster.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: sticky drives (was: your mail) 
Message-ID:  <199610141715.KAA21206@root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 14 Oct 1996 12:57:05 EDT." <199610141657.MAA01731@tbd.gfoster.com> 

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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



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