[ale] OT: Migrating off dying HDD

[johnmills at speakeasy.net (John Mills)]

Jeff - 

Thanks for the suggestion, but this is a laptop drive and their internal
clearances are nearly too small to measure! In particular, any weight on
the top cover is a definite 'no-No-NOOO!'. I once gently picked up a
laptop drive running on an extension cable, with my thumb and forefinger
on the top and bottom of the case. I was rewarded (&8-O) with the drive's
death-scream.

It _really_ didn't work well after that!

(Just in case it saves some other pilgrim an unpleasant moment!)

Cheers.
 - Mills

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Jeff Hubbs wrote:

> Were it me and if I could get the drive out of the case still wired and 
> resting solidy on a flat surface, I'd grab a pot from the kitchen, fill 
> it with ice water, and rest it on top of the drive.  You might even put 
> some heatsink grease in between.