In this web content, the author shares their experience with a failing drive and the theory of cooling it down to increase reliability. They decided to test the theory on their Powerbook by placing it in the fridge for ten minutes, which successfully allowed the drive to boot. However, when copying large files, the drive warmed up and began clicking again. The author then tried cooling it down again for 20 minutes and successfully copied the files. Instead of guessing the ideal chilling time, they devised a clever plot of chilling the laptop while it was copying the files. They share this experience in the hopes that it will be useful.
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