Fixing a bad drive (non-mechanical or data)

[ClassicNoob]

hello,
I have a seagate 160gb drive (ST3160827AS) which was in an external usb case. All of the sudden, when i plug it into the usb bus it recogizes the drive, then reboots the PC(BSoD).
I took the drive out and plugged it into the ide bus directly and same thing, other computers, same thing.
Drive sounds fine no unusual sounds etc. Im thinking its a bad logic board on the drive. I wonder if i can swap the logic board on the drive with another identical model drive?
Is that possible?
Any other ideas?

Thanks.

 

[wolluf]

not under warranty?

will PC boot with just this drive connected (so, for example you could run the drive manufacturer's diagnostic utility on it - from floppy).

others here (eg edfair) are better placed to give advice on what you're suggesting (I certainly would never try it with a drive I intended to keep using - would never trust it even if I did get it working!)

 

[rvnguy]

The answer is yes, this can be done but must be the 'exact' version of the board.

Seagate, has a 5 year warranty for most drives currently produced.

Might check with them as to the status of warranty first.

BTW: You should always have a backup of data that you do not want to lose.

rvnguy
"I know everything..I just can't remember it all

 

[ClassicNoob]

Not likely under warranty but its the data im after anyway.
The drive has no OS, but I guess i could disco the os drive and boot from and boot from a diag cd.

 

[ClassicNoob]

exact version huh. Hmm. Ill check it out.

That disk was my back-up and when i went to use it... it pooped.

 

[ClassicNoob]

Ok so the logic board switch didnt work, exact same problem.
Using as an only drive did not work.
Also realized its a Maxtor 6Y160PO, 160GB.
Seagates in my other box.

So get this, the maxtor utility, booting from the diskette, says the drives fine. It ran a major diagnostic on it and they all passed.

Anybody know how I can access the files in dos and get them copied. I have no dos/linex/mac bootable stuff.

Recall the instant you hook it up to a windows booted machine is BSoD's and reboots.

Need some kinda utility that will boot w/o windows from a diskette or cd rom, and copy files on to an external usb drive (or second internal drive)

Thanks, Noob

Thanks.

 

[rvnguy]

You can try Knoppix, Ubuntu, or another Linux distro from CD. Get the ISO and Burn to a CD. This might allow access without crashing.

rvnguy
"I know everything..I just can't remember it all

 

[Freestone]

DOS boot disks -

http://www.bootdisk.com/

In case it's an NTFS formatted drive:

NTFS Reader for DOS -

http://www.ntfs.com/products.htm

 

[ClassicNoob]

rvnguy and Ubuntu save the day!

I can access the drive but will if damage/corrupt a second "good drive" if i hook it up under linux?

Im purely questioning whether linux will screw it up , not the data.

 

[ClassicNoob]

So by example:

drive #1 NTFS - my winxppsp2 drive which works fine
drive #2 NTFS - my drive which doesnt like windows


Boot from linux, copy good files from #2 to #1

linux wont corrupt drive #1?

thanks all

 

[rvnguy]

This should work as Linux does not add anything to the drive normally. This is as long as you do not attempt to format or partition, just file copy will not 'mess' it up.

Hope this helps

rvnguy
"I know everything..I just can't remember it all