200 ways to revive a hard drive

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The document provides over 200 suggestions submitted by TechRepublic members for reviving a failed hard drive. Common suggestions involve cooling the drive in a freezer for a short period of time, which some members say can shrink components and make data more readable temporarily. Other ideas include tapping or shaking the drive to dislodge components, trying the drive on a different computer, or swapping out circuit boards. Members provide caveats that while these techniques may work occasionally, they cannot guarantee success for every situation.