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What exactly has happened to it? If it "clicks" or seems to spin up then stop when you apply power (put in an external drive enclosure perhaps to control power
by patrickgzill 16y ago
What exactly has happened to it?
If it "clicks" or seems to spin up then stop when you apply power (put in an external drive enclosure perhaps to control power separately), then possibly something on the "motherboard" of the drive has failed and the drive platters are fine.
In that case, buying a drive of the same manufacturer, size and model number as close as possible in firmware level to the failed one, and swapping the motherboard may work for you, as it did for me.
If there is physical damage to the platters you will need to spend a lot.
The two most reputable that I know of are OnTrack Data Recovery (http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/ http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/) and Drive Savers (http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com/ http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com/).
- badmash69 16y agoWell it seems to be a controler chip or interface failurevon the drive. The motor is spinning; there are no clicks. But the drive is not "seen" by the BIOS. Gparted etc. software based solutions failed as the drive could not be see, I took the drive out , put that on my eSata external drivevay -- same problem -- the drive would spin but no the drive would be invisible.
- patrickgzill 16y agoIn my case, I searched for a donor drive that was as close as possible to what I had, on eBay, bought it and that worked. It will certainly be the cheapest thing to try. It sounds like the mechanical part of the drive is working fine, and it is reasonable to assume the data is still there; so swapping motherboards is the least expensive and least stressful way to go.
- badmash69 16y agoYour suggestion is awesome . I have never done motherboard swapping on a haddrive-- but could you please blog about it and post a link here. Right now, given the state of mind I am in, I am too nervous to try it on my own.