I was surprised, but the freezer steps followed by the right type of dropping of the drive seemed to get my working long enough to copy my stuff off. It's still exhibiting abnormal behaviour though. I'm just happy it worked to get my data off.
Is it the drive that beeps or the computer it's plugged into? I've never heard any beeps from mine, though I have heard rythmic clicking sounds where it sounds like it's failing to do a read and retries multiple times.
I would be curious what details others on these forums or the support guys can give about the beeping sound. Maybe try and figure out the best way to word a description of what it sounds like, or make an audio recording.
I don't understand the details of the freezer thing, but Woodsprite had mentioned something about it helping the magnetic fields or something. My drive wasn't cold, but it sure wasn't hot. At first I was resistant to the freezer idea, but maybe it did help the magnetic fields, who knows. It's also possible it was the dropping of the drive on the table that was the only factor that helped fix it.
I wish you luck getting your data. Keep us posted.
-Tom
