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Thread ID: 124913 2012-05-27 04:43:00 Laptop hard drive dead roddy_boy (4115) Press F1
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1277735 2012-05-28 00:24:00 Cheers Fred,

If it's the PCB, it should be pretty easy to swap it out (assuming I can find a working drive for not too much money!).

Its never that simple. You need an exact matching PCB, of the same drive,same revision no, same firmware

Try
http://www.myharddrivedied.com/
for some good info on DIY data recoevery

No software recovery, Lin Win etc, will work if the HD isnt at least detected in bios, or is failing at a hardware level
dit dit dit dit dit, tick tick tick, clunk , noises are the worst . Its a hardware failure
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