HD not dectected by BIOS 1

[crow357]

I've got a 10gig Fujitsu HD that's gone bad. Tried it in several machines and I can't get any of the computers to detect it. Short of spending $500 with a data recovery service, is there anything I can try to get it to work?

Thanks,
Art

 

[mickie564]

only thing to try is get another drive excactly the same and swap the controller boards over that is if your old drive spins up had this problem with a 40gig fujitsu make sure that all the numbers on the drive and board match you should get your data off then

 

[crow357]

Well, I was afraid of that. Thanks.

 

[rclarke250]

Also be aware that fujitsu had a drive recall covering a lot of models...

 

[diogenes10]

I've not tried any of these things personally, but this article gets recommended from time to time for hardware related harddrive problems.

http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6255-5029761.html

If you have any intention of sending your drive out for recovery, trying these things first would not be wise - you risk further destroying your data.