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Originally Posted by oscer
Neat little trick i use for dying drives ... put then in a plastic bag and put them in the Freezer for a Few hours .... alot of the times you get enough time out of the drive to pull your data off ... Doesnt work all the time though
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Indeed, if you failed to have a proper backup that often helps. Use dd_rescue to copy the drive if you have more than a few small files to recover.