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| Thread ID: 112906 | 2010-09-26 22:34:00 | Seagate 1TB Sata wont spin up | Digby (677) | Press F1 |
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| 1139779 | 2010-09-26 22:34:00 | Hi Guys I have a Seagate 1TB Sata drive about 1 year old. This morning turned PC (Windows 7) on and it wont spin up so it cant find the drive. Have changed all the cables and still no go. Any suggestions ? There is lots of data on it that I want. But most of my critical data I have backed up. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1139780 | 2010-09-26 22:36:00 | can you put it in an enclosure to see if it can be seen then? could be dead though |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1139781 | 2010-09-26 23:13:00 | could possibly be dead power adaptor, try another adaptor or if you can, take it out and connect it directly to one of the power connectors off the PSU and see if it still spins or not. | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1139782 | 2010-09-26 23:20:00 | Try it in another PC 1st. See if the bios detects it. Good source of DIY HD data recovery techniques http://www.myharddrivedied.com/ ========== last gasp,clutching at straws actions only:try less extreme methods 1st 1) freezing (it works.but rarely) 2) pick the drive & give it a quick spin in your hand (to try & free a stuck platter) -have seen this work 3) give it a good thump on the desk- saw the boss do this, I was horrified but it actually got the drive working 4) logic board swap, has to the the same model & firmware revision.Last success I had with this was a Bigfoot :groan: 5) open it up & spin up the drive manually. In theory the worst thing to try, but Ive seen this work as well (once) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1139783 | 2010-09-26 23:27:00 | Cant believe the amount of hard drives failing now-a-days, which is probably why I run Raid 1..... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1139784 | 2010-09-26 23:27:00 | 5) open it up & spin up the drive manually. In theory the worst thing to try, but Ive seen this work as well (once)Don't ever do this unless you want to destroy your drive completely. A single spec of dust on the platters can completely ruin the disk surface, and unless you're in a very good clean-room that piece of dust will land. The rest of the ideas on that list aren't terribly smart either - while you may get a useful result, you may also ruin any chances of getting your data back. If the data is valuable, and you can't easily get the drive running, take it to a company specialising in data recovery. Yes, they are expensive, but they will do a far better job of it that you'll be able to. Bear in mind that the more you mess with it, the more you damage even their chances of recovering something. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1139785 | 2010-09-26 23:50:00 | Don't ever do this unless you want to destroy your drive completely. A single spec of dust on the platters can completely ruin the disk surface, and unless you're in a very good clean-room that piece of dust will land. The rest of the ideas on that list aren't terribly smart either - while you may get a useful result, you may also ruin any chances of getting your data back. pfft, I thought I made it perfectly clear to try that list LAST. Not everyone can justify the $1000++ to take it to a specialist with a certified clean room- although they do work miracles. DESPITE the theory regarding clean rooms etc, I have seen ALL those techiques work : giving a full data recovery. The success rate is low however. Again, when you have nothing left to loose, and have tried other methods to no avail, then why not try these wackball methods. Even a 1% success rate is better than 0. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1139786 | 2010-09-26 23:52:00 | Whats the model of the hdd?? Its not one of the models that needed a firmware update is it? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1139787 | 2010-09-27 00:31:00 | Whats the model of the hdd?? Its not one of the models that needed a firmware update is it? Yeah does it have the SD15 firmware? I had a 500 gig drive the other day, about 18 months old. It had died so badly that the PC wouldn't even POST with the drive plugged in. Naughty, naughty seagate. :badpc: |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1139788 | 2010-09-27 00:39:00 | More like naughty naughty people that do not have a robust backup schedule in place! We all know hard drives can and do fail do we not? |
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