I have an old 1.2Gig hd and it will show in the bios, but not in windows, so I try to format, and it dies halfway through and same with partitioning... so I tried the freezer trick, but the bag wasn't sealed and I had a soppy wet hard drive... grrr... but after it dried off i tried it and it still works, ( same problem though ) so I think i will try the freezer trick again, but i will use tupperware or something... , by the way, I left it in over night... , (to long???)