Seagate FreeAgent Go encased in ice for the winter
I can’t claim to have a noble reason for freezing my FreeAgent Go disk drive into my backyard ice rink. Frankly, I’m not sure why I did it.
Is it a science experiment? A promotional stunt? An extreme form of data protection? A welcome diversion from the long Minnesota winter?
Anyway, I’m taking a poll. You have all winter to vote:
- What day will I chip it out of the ice in the spring (Ice Out date)?
- Will it work when I plug it in?
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Did you test to see if it worked before you froze it?
After having my Maxtor OneTouch III 160GB just die (no noise.. just dead) I am leary about external storage.
I would have done some ‘benchmark’ type stuff before you did it.
Considering I was told that it would be over $1,300 to reclaim the data, I am surprised that seagate isn’t a bit more open about using multiple forms of ‘backup’ and that external drives are best for transfering data between systems and not as a typical single source of backup.
I am now going to use hard drives, Mozy and Jungle Disk/AWS to keep my important data backed up as it is still cheaper than disk recovery. As the saying goes, it isn’t IF you drive will fail, it is WHEN.
Looking forward to seeing the results.. make sure you let it thaw and come up to room temperature before running =)
$50 that it will work fine when you plug it in 🙂
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