Can my hd be saved ?

NuKeM · 27 Apr 2006 at 01:36

Greeny132 · 27 Apr 2006 at 02:56

I'd go for a no on that one mate looks pretty terminal to me.

If it has REALLY important data on it and you have the cash you could probably have someone retrive the data but the drive is almost certainly dead in my opinion

ErNciLator · 27 Apr 2006 at 03:52

Can I have it?

I like taking HD's apart for art

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NuKeM · 27 Apr 2006 at 05:09

I was told that if I could find the same model of the hdd I could just replace the board, is that true ?

Nix · 27 Apr 2006 at 05:22

NuKeM said:
I was told that if I could find the same model of the hdd I could just replace the board, is that true ?

I guess it's worth a shot. You're gonna need a new hdd anyway...

What model is it?

NuKeM · 27 Apr 2006 at 06:20

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 ATA133.

Nix · 27 Apr 2006 at 06:46

Hmm, that's only about £30 IIRC...

How did you do it to begin with? / How long have you had the hdd?

CaDLoN · 27 Apr 2006 at 10:49

NuKeM said:
I was told that if I could find the same model of the hdd I could just replace the board, is that true ?

Yep, tis true. thats what the data recovery companies do.

I imagine you gotta make sure you get an identical board, if you dont you'll run the risk of corrupting the data on the platters...

If it isnt corrupted already, Thats some serious damage :eek:

Malenko · 27 Apr 2006 at 10:53

I obviously need more sleep or something... Read the thread title as "Can my head be shaved"

NuKeM · 27 Apr 2006 at 13:20

Haha.

I'm not quite sure how it happened really, it was in an external casing and when I turned it I saw smoke coming out. Could it have been the faulty external casing/power supply ?

ErNciLator · 27 Apr 2006 at 14:13

lol ouch'; I still want though

ill pay for the postage etc?

SteveOBHave · 27 Apr 2006 at 15:02

Yes you can use the same HD system board and swap it over. The system board must have 'EXACTLY' the same chipset on it and the HD model must be 'EXACTLY' the same. If you don't the chances of you succeeding are greatly reduced. Recovering a HD is around £300 up...

I have a dead HD with all our photos from the last 3-4 years on it. Going to salvage eventually but can't afford it now. Was reshuffling HDs while the machine was turned on and touched the bottom of one HD with the top of another... smoke... dead...

Yeah I know - idiot...

SiriusB · 27 Apr 2006 at 17:23

Nix said:
I guess it's worth a shot. You're gonna need a new hdd anyway...

What model is it?

Screw up and you'll have two dead HDDs

SiriusB

NuKeM · 27 Apr 2006 at 17:48

I'll just get a new hard drive I guess, there wasn't any important stuff in it. Just looked at the b-grade's hard drive on OCUK, the 250gb (£40) is already gone.

Erncilator you really want them ? How much would postage cost ?

ErNciLator · 27 Apr 2006 at 20:08

Like £5.50 or so I think if you send cheapest recorded

. Ill give you £7 for it as it'll prob need to be wrapped?

< does art at uni and is using the shiney platters from inside.

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