Help Needed Urgently WD HDD

Andrewf1987 · 5 Oct 2008 at 18:41

Well it's been a long time since I have been active on these forums! 2003 according to my user CP

Well here's my problem, My WD hard drive has finaly died and I dont have backups of whats on there (I know, stupid)

The help I am looking for is someone with a working one of these HDD's to sell me it, so I can change the PCB and how it's that, or strip them both and put my platters in the new drive.

The model is WD800JB-00CRA1 please if anyone has one of these spare can you get in touch via PM and I will buy it.

Cheers,

Andy.

helmutcheese · 5 Oct 2008 at 18:43

Do you know its the PCB for sure ?.

What are symptoms ? (can you read it from another HDD with Windows on it (ie as a Slave/Data drive) ?

Andrewf1987 · 5 Oct 2008 at 18:52

Well I have heard the motor controllers are sometimes prone to damage from heat on these PCB's it may be this but I doubt it as visually the board looks undamaged, but I will try it before ripping the drives to bits.

Symptoms: the motor is running but the head arms are not moved correctly over the platters, well thats what it sounds like, you know the one that click click click sound.

It was a secondary drive anyway and was accessable but now is not, I have cooled it right down in the hope of having enough time to get some stuff off it, but now it's not having any of it, windows finds the drive but it dont know whats on the partition it can see.

I will swap the platters into another drive if it comes to that and give that a go.

I hate moving parts!! it's done me proud though this disk, I bought it years ago for around £100 IIRC.

helmutcheese · 5 Oct 2008 at 23:30

You wont be swapping platters unless you have a NASA Clinically Clean room in your house.

I bet it would read if you FROZE it.

AtaRo · 6 Oct 2008 at 11:14

try the auction site i remember there is somebody there that sells this kind of stuff and if he dont have it he will look one for you.

lmfy2k · 6 Oct 2008 at 11:17

helmutcheese said:
You wont be swapping platters unless you have a NASA Clinically Clean room in your house.
.

Bah! whats wrong with the bathroom after a hot shower?

Dust free city!

helmutcheese · 6 Oct 2008 at 13:15

lmfy2k said:
Bah! whats wrong with the bathroom after a hot shower?

Dust free city!

That's fine for applying a Protective Skin to your DAP (The Invisible Shield) but I doubt the Platters would like the moisture.

lmfy2k · 6 Oct 2008 at 13:27

helmutcheese said:
That's fine for applying a Protective Skin to your DAP (The Invisible Shield) but I doubt the Platters would like the moisture.

hehehe

Andrewf1987 · 6 Oct 2008 at 19:24

Yes I know it's dodgey changing the platters but what have I got to lose, it's nackered anyway.

I found one drive on ebay but it was "untested" and in australia...

Will keep looking and hope someone on here has one.

Andrewf1987 · 8 Oct 2008 at 11:21

Ok guys gonna try freezing the drive now, cant seem to find another drive.

How long does it need to be in the freezer for, and how long do they usualy work afterwards if freezing has the desired effect?

bledd · 8 Oct 2008 at 12:42

google for 'hard drive in freezer'

make sure it's wrapped up in a watertight bag

wouldn't do it for too long either, just a few hours (or whatever the guide suggests)

might work for 1-60 mins

disable your AV and copy as fast as you can

JimAroo · 8 Oct 2008 at 13:08

Tell us if it works!