resurrection- hd failure.

[nonsequitur]

i'm trying to help out a freind who has a corrupt hard drive.

here's the skinny:
1) only will be recognized by motherboard if not booted recently.
2) once in windows as a slave drive, it is recognized, but only briefly and then dissapears. in linux, i can get a little more information out of it, but not much.
3) i tried the freezer trick, but i'm not sure if i did it properly. i froze it for an hour (in two zip lock bags), and then waited for it to be not so cold it would attract condensation. i was able to see more of the file structure after this, but was not able to do anything about it.
4) i tried booting upside down and various other positons, and that didn't help.

anything else i can try?

 

[Falls Included]

the freezer trick works by leaving it in for about 3 hours, then using it right away... all its intended to do is to rescue data off a terminal drive. if the drive is going out anyway... who cares if it gets condensed on?

 

[nonsequitur]

who cares if it gets condensed on?

ah... i was afriad too much moisture would zap circuitry right away. i'm at the point where this is a last ditch effort anyways.