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Hd Problem
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech replied on Sat Oct 29, 2005 @ 3:19am |
 Coolness: 145380 | I got a 30Gig hard drive that's not responding and so I had it disconnected.....I'm just running on the main one (the one with my Windows XP Pro installed in)
someone told me that it can be placed in a new HD's case or something like that cause the disk might be fine even though the rest is [ fried....ca ] that be true? if so, does anyone here know how to perform this task? and how much would it cost? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ravedave replied on Sat Oct 29, 2005 @ 2:02pm |
 Coolness: 131650 | i think it would be cheaper to buy a new one
40.0 gig Maxtor UDMA 133 7200 - 62$ 80 gig Maxtor IDE ATA 133 7200 - 69$ |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech replied on Sat Oct 29, 2005 @ 6:36pm |
| Coolness: 145380 | it's not the price, it's the data on the HD that's my concern |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» flo replied on Sun Oct 30, 2005 @ 5:27am |
 Coolness: 146285 | is it seen by the bios ? (you can check that from within the bios software or at the boot of your computer, when it shows the IDE drives it's recognizing)
=>if yes, then it should be a problem of FAT (the file system header)... to recover your data, you must first pray then use a critical data recovery software, such as PCIfilerecovery or VirtualLab (others might be quite expensive) =>if not, then maybe you're lucky and it's just a problem from your power supply cable or data cables (or it could also be the plugs of your HD that are damaged... then it's totally out of price to get the data back... something like around 1000$ in france) |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Mon Oct 31, 2005 @ 4:46am |
 Coolness: 92225 | I suggest finding some tips to do it yourself if you're gonna have to do that, considering the price and all. If they can do it, so can you.You just have to be really careful because the disks inside are super-sensitive, they are just like c.d's except without the protective covering. Even too much cigarette smoke around the computer can eventually create a groove in the surface and corrode data. I think they make them a little more resistant to smoke these days though, or so I heard. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Mon Oct 31, 2005 @ 5:54am |
 Coolness: 685550 | uhmm, hard drives will get killed by DUST going onto the platter. If your gonna work on opening one up, you need to do it in a 100% dust-free room, and you have to have absolutely nothing on you that can fall onto it. (like down to dandruf or shit on your sweater)
There's a good reason why they wear astronaut-style suits in those factories and that they even go as far as having them be completely environmentaly sealed. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» flo replied on Mon Oct 31, 2005 @ 1:53pm |
| Coolness: 146285 | yes, that's why it's so expensive... the "white rooms" laboratories !
you really shouldn't do it by yourself ; and then if you do it and your HD is totally unusable, that wouldn't be a surprise... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Mon Oct 31, 2005 @ 4:01pm |
| Coolness: 92225 | Obviously there is a risk in doing it yourself, liek with anythign else, and liek with anythign else they totally rip you off and you will probably be more than fine doing it yourself, like I said look up info and then decide. Not encouraging it or anythign, its probably a really horrible idea, but all depends how much moeny ur data is worth(and what ur options are). Sometimes your T.V doesn't work and all the do is spray a little dust away inside and boom ur good, 300$ biatch.
"Because the platter assemblies are sealed and non-removable, track densities can be very high. Many drives have 3,000 or more TPI of media. Head Disk Assemblies (HDAs), which contain the platters, are assembled and sealed in clean rooms under absolutely sanitary conditions. Because few companies repair HDAs, repair or replacement of items inside a sealed HDA can be expensive. Every hard disk ever made will eventually fail. The only questions are when the hard disk will fail and whether your data is backed up. Many PC users think that hard disks are fragile, and generally, they are one of the most fragile components in your PC. In my weekly PC Hardware and Troubleshooting or Data Recovery seminars, however, I have run various hard disks for days with the lids off, and have even removed and installed the covers while the drives were operating. Those drives continue to store data perfectly to this day with the lids either on or off. Of course, I do not recommend that you try this test with your own drives; neither would I use this test on my larger, more expensive drives. " [ cma.zdnet.com ] |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Mon Oct 31, 2005 @ 4:31pm |
 Coolness: 299285 | actually ive had a dozen hds fail on me. everything i have been able to recover it with software, even if the comp wouldnt detect the hd. some large files were corrupted but I still have my data from over 15 years ago and never made a single backup. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Mon Oct 31, 2005 @ 4:51pm |
| Coolness: 92225 | yeah you can find quite a few methods to restore data, provided its not too physically damaged. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech replied on Mon Oct 31, 2005 @ 10:30pm |
| Coolness: 145380 | ah man this is making me nervous |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» lakester replied on Tue Nov 1, 2005 @ 12:46am |
 Coolness: 59640 | are you sure they weren't suggesting you put the drive in an external hard drive enclosure?
for about $50, you can hook the drive up into an external enclosure which will connect to your computer through USB. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» lakester replied on Tue Nov 1, 2005 @ 12:49am |
| Coolness: 59640 | Originally posted by EL LEADER MAXIMO...
actually ive had a dozen hds fail on me. everything i have been able to recover it with software, even if the comp wouldnt detect the hd. some large files were corrupted but I still have my data from over 15 years ago and never made a single backup. i've got a drive that failed about 2 years ago. when i drop it in any PC or in an external enclosure, windows crashes and the PC reboots as soon as it tries to read from the drive. any idea how to recover data from there? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Tue Nov 1, 2005 @ 2:55am |
| Coolness: 92225 | If you do a search in google you will find thousand upon thousands of informative pages on various ways of doing that, for various situations. No shortage of info there. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Tue Nov 1, 2005 @ 3:08am |
| Coolness: 685550 | Originally posted by LAKESTER...
i've got a drive that failed about 2 years ago. when i drop it in any PC or in an external enclosure, windows crashes and the PC reboots as soon as it tries to read from the drive. any idea how to recover data from there? If your lucky you can find the same version of hard drive (gotta be exact same size and modle type etc) then you can swap the controller boards and hope that it wasn't a physical fuckup on the disk. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» lakester replied on Tue Nov 1, 2005 @ 5:12am |
| Coolness: 59640 | Originally posted by [SCREWHEAD]...
Originally posted by lakester...
i've got a drive that failed about 2 years ago. when i drop it in any PC or in an external enclosure, windows crashes and the PC reboots as soon as it tries to read from the drive. any idea how to recover data from there? If your lucky you can find the same version of hard drive (gotta be exact same size and modle type etc) then you can swap the controller boards and hope that it wasn't a physical fuckup on the disk. bah... the data isn't that important. pretty much just mp3s and movies. not worth the trouble. thanks for the suggestion, though. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Tue Nov 1, 2005 @ 5:32am |
| Coolness: 92225 | You people are incredibly lazy. You're problem should be here. It covers everythign to do with total hard drive failures. For recovering sectors and stuff, you'd need another website, and possibly software. both of which there seems to be plenty of, and which clearly do not cater to either of your problems.
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