I recently read some recommended advise for the recovery of computers submerged in water from
They suggested packaging the computer in a container with the same water it was submerged in. While this may seem counterintuitive at first, it is actually an attempt to keep the oxidation process from starting which may cause more damage.
I was wondering if others may have encountered similar circumstances and what steps you may or may not have taken to dry the computer and examine it safetly.
Ed,
Honestly, water intrusion of a hard drive is something that needs to be addressed by someone schooled in physically opening the hard drive and dealing with the possible internal damage. This is a major step beyond what most of us do, which is data recovery due to logical file damage issues. Water submersion should always be considered a physical damage issue and treated accordingly. The idea of storage in the same element as it was found is correct, but it eventually needs to go to a clean room environment.
Mark
I did once open a 'thrown away' flood damged drive. The platters were covered in a layer of mud.
Any recovery would need to be done by a very specialised company.
It happens more than would think. That is the advice that the DR people I used to work with would give the clients. If you go to most DR websites they will have a story regarding water damage.