ibm deskstar : recover data

[pe2pe]

my ibm deskstar 307030 is dead without advice with some important data .
not seen in bios .repetitive tic-tac-weeee noise on boot.
from my search on the web it seems it has probably lost his booting software
microcode .
i have read that exchanging the hd pcboard could eventually bring it to life
for a late backup.
any advice ?

 

[Rod Speed]

my ibm deskstar 307030

One of the notorious 75GXPs

is dead without advice with some important data .

You should have had that data backed up.

not seen in bios .repetitive tic-tac-weeee noise on boot.
from my search on the web it seems it has probably lost his booting software
microcode .

Unlikely, its much more likely to be the very
very common failure mode of 75GXP drives.

i have read that exchanging the hd pcboard could eventually bring it to life
for a late backup.

Unlikely, but certainly worth trying if you cant afford professional recovery.

any advice ?

Use professional recovery if the data is worth enough.

Try www.retrodata.co.uk if you are short of money.

 

[CJT]

my ibm deskstar 307030 is dead without advice with some important data .
not seen in bios .repetitive tic-tac-weeee noise on boot.
from my search on the web it seems it has probably lost his booting software
microcode .
i have read that exchanging the hd pcboard could eventually bring it to life
for a late backup.

If the microcode is the problem, I don't think that will work. I think
the microcode is stored on the disk. Clever, huh?

 

[Mike Tomlinson]

my ibm deskstar 307030 is dead without advice with some important data .

Have you been living under a rock for the last 5 years? Surely you must
have seen the horror stories about the DeathStar 75GXPs? If you did,
and you continued to entrust important data to one, you only have
yourself to blame.

 

[Arno Wagner]

my ibm deskstar 307030 is dead without advice with some important data .
not seen in bios .repetitive tic-tac-weeee noise on boot.
from my search on the web it seems it has probably lost his booting software
microcode .
i have read that exchanging the hd pcboard could eventually bring it to life
for a late backup.
any advice ?

There is one chance only: Professuional data recovery. Nothing you
can do will help, but everything you try, including running the disk
for any additional time may make data recovery more expensive.
It will be expensive and hopefully teach you to do backup in the
future.

Side note: These disks have been knowen to fail like that for years
now, even though IBM still does not admit it. I have lost three
and have seen some others fail.

Arno

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

There is one chance only: Professuional data recovery.

Nothing you can do will help,

Nonsens, there are more failure modes than defective heads or headamps
or overwritten firmware. The R/W channel is on the circuit board.
That does make the chances of recovery not great but not zero either.

but everything you try, including running the disk for any
additional time may make data recovery more expensive.

Only if there is physical damage to the magnetic interface (platters or heads)

 

[pe2pe]

thank you to all for your advices !
thank you for the link , Rod Speed : the first one that seems affordable to
me !

Try www.retrodata.co.uk if you are short of money.

yes i had heard before of the IBM 75gxp bad reputation ----but this was my
office pc
-the only one i didnt built myself -and as it never gave me a problem, nor
any funny noise
so i just didnt know i had a "deathstar inside"

 

[Arno Wagner]

thank you to all for your advices !
thank you for the link , Rod Speed : the first one that seems affordable to
me !

yes i had heard before of the IBM 75gxp bad reputation ----but this was my
office pc
-the only one i didnt built myself -and as it never gave me a problem, nor
any funny noise
so i just didnt know i had a "deathstar inside"

Well, that is bad luck.

Arno