[Geeks are Sexy] technology news: Freeze your hard drive to recover data: Myth or reality?

Freeze your hard drive to recover data: Myth or reality?
Well, I can say from experience that it does work as long as there isn't much physical damage to the platters. I left a drive in the freeze for about 24 hours and was able to keep is running for about 15 minutes which was long enough to retrieve the most important documents.