Bob, I've seen this work with IDE drives that wouldn't spin up due to bad bearings. Freeze the drive in your freezer then spin it up while it's still frozen. This seems to free the bearings for a short time so the drive can spin up. I know of a couple people who used this technique to copy the contents off a dead drive, they required several freeze passes to get all the data as the drive tends to warm up quickly once pulled from the freezer and powered up. The speculation has been that the metal contracts when frozen and releases stuck bearings, this has always seemed an 'Odd' explanation as the bearings and races should contract at the same rate assuming similar materials. Of course this is a last resort option and your experience may vary. -Neil this . - Bob