QUOTE(madbrit @ May 13 2004, 07:36 AM)
Is that when you point the gun at the Hard Drive and shout 'Freeze'?
Newp. Preferably hard drive muggings are down in your area also. This is an older and cheap technique for data rescue.

I'm sure with you being a I.T. boffin that you are aware of this technique so I won't get into it here.