just- Posted February 18, 2007 CID Share Posted February 18, 2007 Hi guys i have a friend of mine who has a HD from her laptop basically she was working on it got a BSOD and the pc would not boot any more i tried to do a windows recovery and got as far as the windows loading screen and then it would just restart it was not over heading or anything like that so i inserted a new HD in her laptop installed every thing and works like a baby now so i have the old HD with me and i got a cable to connect from 2.5" to USB it just wont recognize the hd at all, if i plug in a good hard disk takes 2 seconds and it works so i left the hd connect to my pc and eventually after listening to click click click on the hard disk it showed up in Computer Management > Disk Management but the all pc goes to a halt when its trying to read that other faulty HD is there anyway at home you guys think i can do to this HD considering that i can't even get any pc to recognize it or i need to send it to data recovery professionals ? i think its either a sector that has gone corrupt and the HD wont read pass it or the arm reader it self had gone faulty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 18, 2007 CID Share Posted February 18, 2007 the drive is dead... if you really need data then you are going to have to send it off to the professionals.. the clicky sound is the sound of death.. RIP Just-'s friends hard drive.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x_6985381 Posted February 18, 2007 CID Share Posted February 18, 2007 lmaoz he's right my amd laptop's 80 gig harddrive did the same, i just bought a new faster hdd for it but best regards to your hdd burial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted February 19, 2007 CID Share Posted February 19, 2007 you could also nail it to a piece of wood in a field and use it as target practice =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granpa Posted February 19, 2007 CID Share Posted February 19, 2007 you could also nail it to a piece of wood in a field and use it as target practice =) That would work but remember gun safety. There was a clip but that was about destroying your old drives important information. Maybe the fireplace, possibly wood work for extra heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryak Posted February 19, 2007 CID Share Posted February 19, 2007 Yah you can consider that Hard Drive dead...If you need the data off of it, like said above you will haft to have a professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted February 19, 2007 CID Share Posted February 19, 2007 I read somewhere that putting the HD in the freezer might get you one try at getting the data off the drive. Never try it myself, but it might be worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted February 19, 2007 CID Share Posted February 19, 2007 I read somewhere that putting the HD in the freezer might get you one try at getting the data off the drive. Never try it myself, but it might be worth a try. I remember that also. Here are a couple links about freezing your HD: http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-your-hard-drive-to-recover-data.html http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2006110111270170 There is a lot more information on Google about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted February 19, 2007 CID Share Posted February 19, 2007 well, if there is data on it that you really need you can either send it to the pros for a lot of money or buy the same drive (exactly the same drive) and take both apart and swap the media. that is what the pros usually do. mind you you will need a clean (ultra clean) environment to do this in and some technical skill. but with some luck you might be able to pull the data off. you can probably google quite a bit about how to proceed to pul this feat off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted February 19, 2007 CID Share Posted February 19, 2007 Here is the Beginners Guides: Hard Drive Data Recovery: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1139 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granpa Posted February 19, 2007 CID Share Posted February 19, 2007 I remember that also. Here are a couple links about freezing your HD: http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-your-hard-drive-to-recover-data.html http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2006110111270170 There is a lot more information on Google about it. Are you sure there wasn't one put out by "Freezer Queen" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted February 19, 2007 Author CID Share Posted February 19, 2007 well, if there is data on it that you really need you can either send it to the pros for a lot of money or buy the same drive (exactly the same drive) and take both apart and swap the media. that is what the pros usually do. mind you you will need a clean (ultra clean) environment to do this in and some technical skill. but with some luck you might be able to pull the data off. you can probably google quite a bit about how to proceed to pul this feat off. this would be an amazing project so i put my old 40G on her laptop and her broken 40G is not lying around the house btw guys thank you for confirming what i already knew ITS DEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 19, 2007 CID Share Posted February 19, 2007 I read somewhere that putting the HD in the freezer might get you one try at getting the data off the drive. Never try it myself, but it might be worth a try. Tried it.. rarely works.. well, if there is data on it that you really need you can either send it to the pros for a lot of money or buy the same drive (exactly the same drive) and take both apart and swap the media. that is what the pros usually do. mind you you will need a clean (ultra clean) environment to do this in and some technical skill. but with some luck you might be able to pull the data off. you can probably google quite a bit about how to proceed to pul this feat off. That would be a fun project.. We have a nano building on campus with a clean room.. Now how to get access to that room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted February 19, 2007 Author CID Share Posted February 19, 2007 Tried it.. rarely works.. That would be a fun project.. We have a nano building on campus with a clean room.. Now how to get access to that room my university is not as cool or as good as your swimmer we dont have a clean room to my knowledge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted February 19, 2007 CID Share Posted February 19, 2007 well, if there is data on it that you really need you can either send it to the pros for a lot of money or buy the same drive (exactly the same drive) and take both apart and swap the media. that is what the pros usually do. mind you you will need a clean (ultra clean) environment to do this in and some technical skill. but with some luck you might be able to pull the data off. you can probably google quite a bit about how to proceed to pul this feat off. only do that if you really know what you are doing. Getting the drive it self open isnt a problem on most, getting the platters out with out scratching them is a bitch. epically on laptop drives with more then 1 platter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted February 19, 2007 CID Share Posted February 19, 2007 what's the risk? the drive is already dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted February 20, 2007 CID Share Posted February 20, 2007 Another lesson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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