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Couldn’t this method risk making it completely irrecoverable if it fails?


Freezing / heating? Other than the risk of humidity as mentioned, not really. Unless the head crashes into the platter, it's unlikely to do anything that would permanently kill the drive.

That said, if you ever have a drive with absolutely critical, must-have data, don't bother with any of this and just ship it to professionals. You'll pay dearly, but they'll get your data out.




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