Defective Hard disk Drive Heads

[Nothingmuch]

Hi all, I am encountering this problem and very much needed your help!! My hard disk is Seagate 120 Gbytes Barracuda 7200.7
Model: ST3120026A

It started clicking and the computer will not detect it (and also freezes up my computer whenever I connect it to the IDE). I did a little research on the net and they call it "Defective Hard Disk Drive Heads" -- "When the drive is initially powered up, a logic check ensures that the drive has attained the necessary speed before launching the heads across the platter. If the drive can not attain a 'Ready' state, the logic is repeated for a pre-determined number of times causing a clicking sound, after which it stops trying.Your Seagate hard disk drive now appears dead."

I really want to retrieve the datas that I have in it but don't know what to do. Please leave me some suggestions that I can try! thank you very much!!!

 

[torturedmind]

the best thing that i can think of is to bring your hd to a "data salvager" (people/companies that try to recover data when such cases happen). but am sure there are gurus out there that will give you much better suggestions.

hope this helps. peace!

kilroy
philippines

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[edfair]

Although the web pages you have reached identify the problem as defective heads there are several other items rather than heads that can cause it. Most of the time it is not heads.

The suggestion to take it to a "data recovery" specialist is a good one. Perhaps if you would post your general location somebody looking here could direct you to a good one in your area.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[Nothingmuch]

I do understand that it will be best taking it to specialists. However, it is extremely costly.... >_< so sad. So, I am wondering if there is any methods that I can attempt myself before really have to decide spending all that money to get a specialist.

But thank you very much for the suggestions =)

 

[edfair]

You could check to see if it is spinning. When you power the system up the drive should start up. If not, there is the possibility of swapping the controller board for an exact duplicate if it is the drive circuits.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[cpushrink1]

This will honestly sound funny but here is how you can salvage your info off your drive.

First wrap your hard drive in paper towels, then double wrap it in two zip lock bags. Stick it in the freezer for 2 hours. Take it out and have another hard drive set as your master and old hard drive set as your slave. Plug in both hard drives and start retrieving information from you old hard drive to your new one. You will need to make it quick so I would suggest using mirroring software to help the transfer take place. You may get from 15minutes to 2hours access time. I have even heard that this has curred the problem altogether.

While this method is unorthodoxed it does work.

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[garebo]

yes, it does work, sometimes, not always.


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