From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 26 21:13:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB2AF106568C for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:13:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 887C38FC2C for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:13:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-1-225.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.1.225]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id F06033CCF8; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:13:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id n7QLDIuY002460; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:13:18 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:13:18 +0200 From: Polytropon To: George Davidovich Message-Id: <20090826231318.3c924090.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20090826191348.GA85581@marvin.optimis.net> References: <1338880b0908241129p75b6845cg26d21804e118364@mail.gmail.com> <20090824223247.GD43410@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <1338880b0908252246s21191e83k7c251366b706532@mail.gmail.com> <20090826180741.GA23120@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20090826191348.GA85581@marvin.optimis.net> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hard disk failure - now what? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:13:20 -0000 On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:13:48 -0700, George Davidovich wrote: > Probably true. I hesitate to suggest this, but sticking the drive in a > freezer (preferrably in a ziplock bag) for a few hours or overnight > might help. Stories from people claiming "I swear it works!" go back > years. I heared a similar suggestion from a guy who tried to get the protection code out of a car radio. :-) > To the exent it does work, it might give Kelly enough time to attempt > recovery. If more time is required, he can try and find a creative > workaround for the 5 meter max length for USB cables. 5 meters? I always thought USB is specified for 2 meters only. I've never seen a 5 meters long USB cable, by the way. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...