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Originally Posted by rowan
The above two posts are contradictory.
One says that the freezer trick will not work with an electrical fault
The other says to only try it if the drive is not recognised (ie, an electrical fault)
So which is it?
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and the fact that it will not work due to an electrical fault is the truth.
if the drive is not recognized it doesn't mean that it's an electrical fault. the needle may have crashed on the platters and it causes the drive to not be able to spin even though there's power to the drive and causing it not to be detected by the bios. If he freezes it and it works than it was not an electrical problem. If he freezes it and nothing happens than it may be an electrical thing.
If it's an electrical issue and no matter what the person does the drive does nothing then it's best to bring in to a data recovery company. They will replace the logic board on the hdd with a good one from the exact same model hdd and, if that's all that was wrong, they can recover your data.
you can replace the logic board yourself, but you have to make 100% sure that the logic board used comes from a hard drive EXACTLY like yours (brand, model etc..) and you will need to know what you're doing. You'll have to solder some shit etc.. I would personally have a professional take care of that IF that's what I needed.