Seagate Barracuda 1500Gb stopped running..

[Geir]

Hi,

A friend of mine came with an external disk enclosure containing the
above disk. It had fallen to the floor and failed to connect after that.

I hear a short burr from the disk every 3 seconds and it does not start
turning. Can it be the brake mechanism which does not release?

We have nothing to loose, any advice or comment appreciated.

best regards

Geir

 

[Rod Speed]

Geir wrote

A friend of mine came with an external disk enclosure containing the
above disk. It had fallen to the floor and failed to connect after that.

She's dead Jim. You into necrophilia ?

I hear a short burr from the disk every 3 seconds and it does not
start turning. Can it be the brake mechanism which does not release?

There is no 'brake mechanism'

We have nothing to loose, any advice or comment appreciated.

Even advice to shove your head up a dead bear's arse ?

It would be worth opening the enclosure to check whether
its something obviously that got broken in the drop.

 

[Geir]

There is no 'brake mechanism'

OK, sorry, maybe I confused it with 'head parking' which is connected to
some disks 'free fall' detectors...

It would be worth opening the enclosure to check whether
its something obviously that got broken in the drop.

The disk platters cannot be turned, they are as glued. Sure that there
is no locking mechanism? Seems strange that the bearings could have
been damaged to this extent.

Other advice...?

geir

 

[Rod Speed]

Geir wrote

Rod Speed wrote

OK, sorry, maybe I confused it with 'head parking' which is connected to some disks 'free fall' detectors...

All modern drives do have some mechanism to unload the heads at shutdown.

The disk platters cannot be turned, they are as glued.

How did you try to turn them ?

Sure that there is no locking mechanism?

I didn't say that. The brake mechanism is electrical tho, not mechanical.

Seems strange that the bearings could have been damaged to this extent.

Yes, thats very very unlikely.

Other advice...?

Just the original.

 

[Arno]

Hi,

A friend of mine came with an external disk enclosure containing the
above disk. It had fallen to the floor and failed to connect after that.

I hear a short burr from the disk every 3 seconds and it does not start
turning. Can it be the brake mechanism which does not release?

We have nothing to loose, any advice or comment appreciated.

best regards

Geir

You basically have no chance getting this working again.
If you consider professional data recovery, then stop
messing with it or powering it up right away, you will
just do more damage.

Other than that, take it apart to have some fun discovering
how it works.

Arno

 

[Guest]

You basically have no chance getting this working again.
If you consider professional data recovery, then stop
messing with it or powering it up right away, you will
just do more damage.

Other than that, take it apart to have some fun discovering
how it works.

Arno

I had the same thing happen with a WD 1TB drive.
Bought it used, they said it'd been dropped about a foot.
Wouldn't spin up.
Was in warranty, but was obviously mishandled.
Took it apart. I could NOT turn the platters.
Poked the pointy ends of needle-nose pliers
down the holes in the motor spindle. Still couldn't
turn it.
Took off the platters and grabbed the motor spindle
with BIG pliers. I did manage to turn 'em...barely.

I'm amazed that the bearings froze up that bad.

Good news is that the external usb box was worth more
than I paid for the thing.