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    Exclamation Hard disk cooling

    I have a challange, to extract as much data as i can off another failing maxtor ide drive.

    The problem i have, is the drive is far too hot and data extraction slows right down at 75%

    Can anyone suggest a home made solution to keep the drive cool, long enough for me to get the data off it?

    The drive is only 40gb in size..

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    just had a brain wave.

    get hodl of a rapid ice ( those sleeves you use to cool wine bottles. )
    stick the drive in a plastic bag and then put a nicely frozen rapidice round it.

    if you run the drive on an USB -> IDE converter you'll be able to keep it nice and cool while you get data off it.
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    or you could put it in an airtight waterproof bag and dip the bag in cold water. it should take ages for the water to heat up, especially if you add some ice cubes.

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    You can apparently place these units in a freezer for a while then extract the data.
    I cant remeber the ins & outs of it but im sure a google would throw up how its done!

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    Well i forgot the drive and left it in the van for the last two nights, so it was pre chilled

    But just in case, wrapped it in cling film and used a wine cooler out of the freezer and its currently pulling the data off at a good rate

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    good one.

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