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My best friend had an external hard drive fail to work less than a year after purchase. It was stored in a drawer, not too hot, not too cold, wet, near electricity nor was it dropped nor drinks spilled upon it.
When plugged into any computer, it would light up and whirr, but no computer would 'recognize' it was there. A Radio Shack employee took it home to see if the case was the problem, and could not make it work.
I posted this info on a totally different website and received the following response. I am soliciting more reliable opinions on whether this has a chance of working or not. Thanks in advance.
"Try putting it in the freezer.
Double zip-loc bag it and put it in the coldest part of your freezer for at least 12 hours.
If it does work copy the most important stuff first. It will probably die eventually, but you can try refreezing it a few more times til it completely dies."