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If it is a mechanical failure, you can always try putting it in the freezer for a while. If it is an electrical failure, you can try replacing the PCB with ano
by mukyu 16y ago
If it is a mechanical failure, you can always try putting it in the freezer for a while.
If it is an electrical failure, you can try replacing the PCB with another drive that has the same model/firmware.
- kls 16y agoIf it is a traditional hard drive, generally failures do not damage the platters. What some recover places do, is remove the platters and put them in a new drive enclosure, it is pretty easy to do actually. You can save some money by finding the same drive on the web, and swapping the platters into a new enclosure.
- arnorhs 16y agoI've heard about the freezer trick before, not really sure if I want to risk further damage, though. I think I'm going with ontrack. They seem to have a good reputation.