HDD repair

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Andrzej

Hello

My HDD drive WD1200JB failed. I know, there are a couple of firms,
which recover the data from "dead" HDDs` but their services are very
expensive. I`d like to ask you, is it any possiblity to try to alive
the HDD, if the only reason of its damage it is a defect of the main
electronics PCB? What might be happen if replacing the PCB onto the
good one taken from the same drive family ? It could be work ?
The data on the HDD are very important to me....
Thanks in advance
Andrew
 
U¿ytkownik "Pen said:
If the electronics are from an IDENTICAL drive
then you may be able to recover the data.
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Thanks for comments.
I`ve heard, that the perfect fitting drive isn`t enough to come to live
"dead" HDD.
May be somebody have any experiences in recovery data from HDD with failed
electronics ? I`ll be very obligated for any helpful advices.

Andrzej
 
Andrzej said:
Hello

My HDD drive WD1200JB failed. I know, there are a couple of firms,
which recover the data from "dead" HDDs` but their services are very
expensive. I`d like to ask you, is it any possiblity to try to alive
the HDD, if the only reason of its damage it is a defect of the main
electronics PCB? What might be happen if replacing the PCB onto the
good one taken from the same drive family ? It could be work ?
The data on the HDD are very important to me....
Thanks in advance
Andrew
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I had an 'issue' with my Fujitsu MPG3409AH E, which effectively meant that
on boot it kept saying that "Primary Master Drive Fails" Something of a
problem.

Slaved it to a new Seagate Barracuda, ran a boot scan which I downloaded
from http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
The scan said there was nothing wrong with the disk.

Rebooted and Win XP ran Chkdsk automatically. Now I can see and access the
disk fine - for now.

Might work for you too.

Nick
 
U¿ytkownik "half_pint said:
I the data was important to you why didn't you fooking back it up?
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This is a good question :-) You know sometimes it is hard to do it, if you
have to backup for example 40-60 GB.
Recently I have bought a DVD recorder, but I didn`t backup all my data.
Who knows, that one year drive failed. Maybe any augur ...
 
Hallo Nick
I had an 'issue' with my Fujitsu MPG3409AH E, which effectively meant that
Click to expand...
on boot it kept saying that "Primary Master Drive Fails" Something of a
problem.
Slaved it to a new Seagate Barracuda, ran a boot scan which I downloaded
from http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
The scan said there was nothing wrong with the disk.
Click to expand...
Rebooted and Win XP ran Chkdsk automatically. Now I can see and access the
Click to expand...
disk fine - for now.


Your`e lucky man..., Nick
But in my case it is impossible. I`m certain, that electronic PCB was
damaged. My nose felt a kind of characteristic smell coming from the HDD.

Andrzej
 
Hallo Nick

on boot it kept saying that "Primary Master Drive Fails" Something of a

disk fine - for now.


Your`e lucky man..., Nick
But in my case it is impossible. I`m certain, that electronic PCB was
damaged. My nose felt a kind of characteristic smell coming from the HDD.

Andrzej
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Try the drive in another computer. DON'T use any of the present
cables. Make certain the jumper on the drive(s) is set properly for
the new configuration.

Its been estimated that 60% of 'dead' drives work perfectly. The
problem is often in the other peripherals that help the drive operate.

A nose can often lead a man to make a bad decision! lol


Have a nice week...

Trent

What do you call a smart blonde?
A golden retriever.
 
Andrzej said:
Hallo Nick
that
on boot it kept saying that "Primary Master Drive Fails" Something of a
the
disk fine - for now.


Your`e lucky man..., Nick
But in my case it is impossible. I`m certain, that electronic PCB was
damaged. My nose felt a kind of characteristic smell coming from the HDD.

Andrzej
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And the drive has died again. Now I'm using Zero Assumption Recovery to try
and save my files. Think I've got all I'm going to get now, and all I really
want fortunately.

Back to the retail company with the drive.

Nick
 
Andrzej said:
This is a good question :-) You know sometimes it is hard to do it, if you
have to backup for example 40-60 GB.
Recently I have bought a DVD recorder, but I didn`t backup all my data.
Who knows, that one year drive failed. Maybe any augur ...
Click to expand...
I agree making backups is a pain. The only thing I could not live
without is my operating sysyem, which is on a CD anyway.
I also now have a 'mirror' of it on my slave drive.
I perhaps fortunate only have a small hard drive (2 & 3 gigs)
so a lot of data is on cdroms anyway. (about 15 gig I would guess).
Although now the price of a hard drive megabyte is close to that
of the equivilant on cdrom.
About 50p for a giga byte on cdrom and about the same for a
large hard drive ( I think you can get 160 gig for £80ish) and its
a lot less hassel,........untill the harddrive fails of course!!!!!
I am unsure what the cheapest method of backup is, so I will
asking this group.
 
I agree making backups is a pain. The only thing I could not live
without is my operating sysyem, which is on a CD anyway. (...)
About 50p for a giga byte on cdrom and about the same for a
large hard drive ( I think you can get 160 gig for £80ish) and its
a lot less hassel,........untill the harddrive fails of course!!!!!
I am unsure what the cheapest method of backup is, so I will
asking this group.
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I think, there is no good method to backup our "bytes fortune". All
carriers like HDD, zip drive, CDR, DVD aren`t safe enough and may
fail. We have to live with the consciousness of loss them at any
time...
But we have to believe, there is no hopelessly matter at all. You
know, what I mean. YES, I`ve recovered all my data from my failed
drive without any troubles !! Except one. I had to waste some time for
finding the working drive with the same electronics PCB. After
replacing it my dead HDD came to life.
I`d like to thank all of you for support and advices specially to Ken
Zboyan, who rised my fallen soul.
Thanks
Andrzej
 
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