"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:

> I think it has something to do with the metal contracting in the cold, and
> freeing up parts that are binding (bearings) or touching when they're not
> supposed to be (platters & read/write heads}

I guess it depends on the vintage.
Yours is likely Digitalais nouveau...

(That's different than digitalis, which is a cardiotoxic glycoside from the
heart-stoppingly beautiful foxglove.)

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3035017/storage/that-old-freezer-trick-to-save-a-hard-drive-doesnt-work-anymore.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=hard+drive+in+freezer&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS633US634&oq=hard+drive+in+freezer&aqs=chrome.0.0l
6.3498j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


I actually have 2 old IDE Western Digital HDD's that I need to see if I can
transfer the data from one to the other (or any other drive)
One looks good, and the other is slightly corroded...
I'd explain why, but it's a long and terrifying story - because reality is
SOOOOO much stranger than fiction.

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