Seagate dead - Help!

[maxim]

Hi,

I usually do small time data recovery stuff for friends...

Now, this time Ive got a Seagate 80GB HDD which fails to detect in the
BIOS. My data recovery tools wouldnt be of much help unless i get the
HDD to detect in BIOS.

I hv tried... diff jumper positions, IDE connectors / cables but to
invain.
The HDD power on...there some clicking sound tho...its feels like its
attempting to read but fails...after a few trials(clicking noises) it
stops...until i restart my machine.

I believe that there are a few HDD detection tools...can someone
suggest any?

Im using Data Recovery Proffesional...

Kindly suggest me future...

 

[Rod Speed]

I usually do small time data recovery stuff for friends...

Now, this time Ive got a Seagate 80GB HDD which fails
to detect in the BIOS. My data recovery tools wouldnt
be of much help unless i get the HDD to detect in BIOS.

I hv tried... diff jumper positions, IDE connectors / cables but to invain.

The HDD power on...there some clicking sound tho...
its feels like its attempting to read but fails...after a few
trials (clicking noises) it stops...until i restart my machine.

Does it feel like the drive is spinning up ?

I believe that there are a few HDD detection tools...
can someone suggest any?

None that will help in that particular situation.

You need to work out why the drive isnt spinning
up if it isnt, and fix what is causing that problem.

And no software will help with that, you need to
work out what has failed on the logic card and fix it.

If it is spinning up, it likely cant read anything useful
off the platters and so gives up and shuts down after
trying a few recalibrations. Again, no software will
change that, you need to fix what is preventing it
from reading anything from the platters.

Im using Data Recovery Proffesional...

Kindly suggest me future...

The future for that drive is most likey hard drive heaven, or hell.

 

[Rod Speed]

Does it feel like the drive is spinning up ?


None that will help in that particular situation.

You need to work out why the drive isnt spinning
up if it isnt, and fix what is causing that problem.

And no software will help with that, you need to
work out what has failed on the logic card and fix it.

If it is spinning up, it likely cant read anything useful
off the platters and so gives up and shuts down after
trying a few recalibrations. Again, no software will
change that, you need to fix what is preventing it
from reading anything from the platters.



The future for that drive is most likey hard drive heaven, or hell.

You could try putting it in a plastic bag and putting it in the freezer.

You might find that the drive does show up in the bios after that.
If it does, get the data off as fast as you can, by cloning the drive.
Because success with freezing indicated either a dry joint or a
cracked trace and that will likely open up again once it warmed up.

And Seagate drives warm up very quickly when run loose on the
desktop, because they get rid of most of their heat by conduction
to the metal drive bay stack with that vintage of Seagate.

 

[maxim]

or hell.

You could try putting it in a plastic bag and putting it in
the freezer.

You might find that the drive does show up in the bios after
that.
If it does, get the data off as fast as you can, by cloning
the drive.
Because success with freezing indicated either a dry joint or
a
cracked trace and that will likely open up again once it
warmed up.

And Seagate drives warm up very quickly when run loose on the
desktop, because they get rid of most of their heat by
conduction
to the metal drive bay stack with that vintage of Seagate.

Hi Rod

i think you quite rite Rod...i dont c a workable solutions for now..
thnxs for ur suggestions tho

well meanwhile...i was trying to hotswap the dead seagate..
i also plugged the power into the dead hdd while the machines was
fully on in win xp pro.... there was a small spaer on the dead hdd
power socket while i was plugin the power...and imeediately the
machine goes dead.

the machine now refuses to start unless i unplug the four pin power
plug (the square one on the left side of the processor) from the
motherboard...
and letting the bigger power plug plugged in...

i guess that the 4 point power socket for display card...

i guess i screwed up....

 

[maxim]

Hi Rod

i think you quite rite Rod...i dont c a workable solutions for
now..
thnxs for ur suggestions tho

well meanwhile...i was trying to hotswap the dead seagate..
i also plugged the power into the dead hdd while the machines
was fully on in win xp pro.... there was a small spaer on the
dead hdd power socket while i was plugin the power...and
imeediately the machine goes dead.

the machine now refuses to start unless i unplug the four pin
power plug (the square one on the left side of the processor)
from the motherboard...
and letting the bigger power plug plugged in...

i guess that the 4 point power socket for display card...

i guess i screwed up....

hey got 2 more dead hdds....


1.Samsung SPO411N - detects in bios - need to recover data.

2.Western Digital - WD400BB - bios detection failed


but alas my pc...it aint working!!

 

[CJT]

maxim wrote:

well meanwhile...i was trying to hotswap the dead seagate..

<snip>

not all drives are designed for ( will tolerate ) that

 

[Rod Speed]

Hi Rod

i think you quite rite Rod...i dont c a workable solutions for now..
thnxs for ur suggestions tho

well meanwhile...i was trying to hotswap the dead seagate..

Thats not a good idea at all.

i also plugged the power into the dead hdd while the
machines was fully on in win xp pro.... there was a small spaer

Presumably you mean spark.

on the dead hdd power socket while i was plugin the
power...and imeediately the machine goes dead.

the machine now refuses to start unless i unplug the four pin power
plug (the square one on the left side of the processor) from the
motherboard... and letting the bigger power plug plugged in...

i guess that the 4 point power socket for display card...

Nope, that supplys 12V for the cpu.

i guess i screwed up....

Looks like it. A new power supply may be all you need.