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by wonginator1221 5924 days ago
I have tried the freezer trick before with varying success.

On one occasion, my friend's laptop hard drive kicked the bucket and failed when I tried to use Spinrite.

However, a few weeks ago, a Aeagate hard drive from my brother's Macbook failed. Throwing it in the freezer for a few hours did the trick and we were able to make a full copy of the data.