Hack N Mod - Amazingly Cool Hacks, Mods, and DIY Projects » drive partitions http://hacknmod.com Amazingly Cool Hacks, Mods, and DIY Projects Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:44:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 How to Install Linux without Formatting or Partitioning http://hacknmod.com/hack/how-to-install-linux-without-formatting-or-partitioning/ http://hacknmod.com/hack/how-to-install-linux-without-formatting-or-partitioning/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:41:39 +0000 Joe L http://www.hacknmod.com/?p=2030
A huge reason many people don’t want to try Linux, a free open source OS, is because it typically involves formatting or repartitioning their hard drives.  Learn how to give Ubuntu a try on your Vista or XP machine without altering the original state of your hard drive.

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Legend has it that if you put a dead hard drive in a freezer, pull it out and plug it in, it should run long enough to recover the data. Is it true? Indeed, it seems so.

While freezing the drive for a while extends life momentarily, the real trick is to run the hard drive while it’s in the freezer. Just throw in a water tight bag first, of course. Works pretty well with other gadgets including iPod hard drives too.

Evidence:

Note, this only temporarily extends the life of the device, allowing you to recover data before it completely dies.

More Hard Drive Hacks:

  1. Encrypt your Entire Hard Drive
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  3. Recover lost Hard Drive Partitions
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