Anecdotally, I've tried this with multiple drives previously and it's worked several times. The caveat being that it'll only work for a short time (basically j

Anecdotally, I've tried this with multiple drives previously and it's worked several times. The caveat being that it'll only work for a short time (basically just long enough for you to extract data). I've also had to refreeze a drive several times to get things out of said drive. It's best to start replacing drives as soon as SMART shows an error. Got a drive coming next week just for that reason.