About 8 years ago my primary hard drive crashed. I was devastated! But, I bought a new drive and re-loaded my operating system and all my apps. There I was with a clean computer, but, all my pics, data, saved game files, etc. were on the "crashed" drive. Even though I've been fiddling with computers since my first Commodore Vic 20 in the 80s, I don't consider myself a computer geek. Hell, I'm a Pharmacist. Drugs I know, computers, not so much. However, I searched the net and ran across the freezer trick. Since I had nothing to lose, I proceeded to try it. I stuck the drive in a sealable baggie and forced out as much air as possible. Then I stuck it in the freezer overnight. Before taking it out of the freezer I made sure I had a power and data lead sticking out the side of my computer. I booted the computer up and pulled the drive out of the freezer. I did not wait for it to reach room temp as others have have advised, but, hooked it up and it worked. I immediately started dragging files off of it to the desktop. It ran for about 7 or 8 minutes before crashing again. I then thought, hell, it worked once it may work again! So, I stuck it back into the freezer for another half an hour. I then repeated the process. I did this a total of 8 times, but, in the end, I managed to pull all the "lost forever" files off of the drive. I still don't consider myself a "geek", but I do consider myself considerably lucky! It worked!!!, and I didn't have to pay some data recovery company $750 to save my files. When I finally bought a new computer, I got an identical extra hard drive and now use a raid configuration to mirror the primary hard drive. I also tend to back-up my pics and important data, etc,. That was the first and only drive I ever had crash, and, I hope it will be my last!
I completely agree. Maybe it would make sense to allow nuclear plant licenses to be transfered to new plants built next to or near by when the old plant would be decommisioned. I also believe that Yucca Mountain should finally be put to use. Storing nuclear waste onsite is crazy dangerous compared to storing it at a place such as Yucca Mtn. It may not be the ideal solution, but, it's the best solution available now.
I know a teacher, a good friend and a hell of a teacher, who is spending the summer digging and picking pototoes just to have enough income to pay the rent!!! When will America wake up and realize that just one good teacher is worth more than both the Koch brothers and, oh yeah, throw in the "Turd Blossom" too!!!
It seems that many of these former Soviet Bloc countries have a hard time finding honest leaders. Almost seems like western corporations are funding their elections!
I've voted in every presidential, senatorial, and congressional election in the U.S. since 1975. It would be great to be able to vote online! Unfortunately, even the "eletronic voting machines" used in some precincts in the U.S. have been shown to be unreliable and "hackable". Until someone can show me that online voting is 1000 percent secure, I will urge anyone in the U.S. and around the world to get off your lazy butts and go vote! I can only hope your precinct, whatever, uses paper ballots and not insecure "electronic methods". Kapersky has the right idea, just, not the security required.
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About 8 years ago my primary hard drive crashed. I was devastated! But, I bought a new drive and re-loaded my operating system and all my apps. There I was with a clean computer, but, all my pics, data, saved game files, etc. were on the "crashed" drive. Even though I've been fiddling with computers since my first Commodore Vic 20 in the 80s, I don't consider myself a computer geek. Hell, I'm a Pharmacist. Drugs I know, computers, not so much. However, I searched the net and ran across the freezer trick. Since I had nothing to lose, I proceeded to try it. I stuck the drive in a sealable baggie and forced out as much air as possible. Then I stuck it in the freezer overnight. Before taking it out of the freezer I made sure I had a power and data lead sticking out the side of my computer. I booted the computer up and pulled the drive out of the freezer. I did not wait for it to reach room temp as others have have advised, but, hooked it up and it worked. I immediately started dragging files off of it to the desktop. It ran for about 7 or 8 minutes before crashing again. I then thought, hell, it worked once it may work again! So, I stuck it back into the freezer for another half an hour. I then repeated the process. I did this a total of 8 times, but, in the end, I managed to pull all the "lost forever" files off of the drive. I still don't consider myself a "geek", but I do consider myself considerably lucky! It worked!!!, and I didn't have to pay some data recovery company $750 to save my files. When I finally bought a new computer, I got an identical extra hard drive and now use a raid configuration to mirror the primary hard drive. I also tend to back-up my pics and important data, etc,. That was the first and only drive I ever had crash, and, I hope it will be my last!
I completely agree. Maybe it would make sense to allow nuclear plant licenses to be transfered to new plants built next to or near by when the old plant would be decommisioned. I also believe that Yucca Mountain should finally be put to use. Storing nuclear waste onsite is crazy dangerous compared to storing it at a place such as Yucca Mtn. It may not be the ideal solution, but, it's the best solution available now.
I know a teacher, a good friend and a hell of a teacher, who is spending the summer digging and picking pototoes just to have enough income to pay the rent!!! When will America wake up and realize that just one good teacher is worth more than both the Koch brothers and, oh yeah, throw in the "Turd Blossom" too!!!
It seems that many of these former Soviet Bloc countries have a hard time finding honest leaders. Almost seems like western corporations are funding their elections!
Apple is only cool because the Great Huckster told you it is. The Great Hukster (The wicked witch of the east) is dead! Long live Android!!!!
And you can more of it, faster, if you have 3 arms!!!
The French found a sollution to wealth inequality back in the early 1800s, it is called the guillotine!
From an old hippy; Right on dude!!
I own all rights to my genes. Any company, corporation, etc., trying to profit from my genetic material owe me big bucks!!!
I've voted in every presidential, senatorial, and congressional election in the U.S. since 1975. It would be great to be able to vote online! Unfortunately, even the "eletronic voting machines" used in some precincts in the U.S. have been shown to be unreliable and "hackable". Until someone can show me that online voting is 1000 percent secure, I will urge anyone in the U.S. and around the world to get off your lazy butts and go vote! I can only hope your precinct, whatever, uses paper ballots and not insecure "electronic methods". Kapersky has the right idea, just, not the security required.
When will this "moronic morass" end? When I was a kid, we would record songs off FM radio onto tape and make "party tapes". I guess I'm a CRIMINAL!!!!