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Creative Data Loss

Posted by timothy on from the do-it-just-like-not-this dept.

lewiz writes "An interesting article from the BBC about the crazy things people do when they accidentally delete files. Amazingly one guy froze his hard disk in an effort to retrieve files. Real men don't make backups... but, hell, who needs to if you can resurrect them from the dead ;)"

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  1. But it DOES work... by sH4RD · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Freezing hard drives is actually a known method of fixing hard drives with "the click of death". Never tried it myself, but many people swear to it. Not only that, but I know people who have tried it and say it works. Perhaps the BBC should educate themselves before writing something off as stupid.

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  2. Re:Freezing Hard Drives by bucky128 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    uhh...freezing things causes them to contract, not expand.