Posted by DAN on October 18, 19100 at 21:08:19:
In Reply to: Hard Drive Marbles posted by Robert J Hutchinson on October 18, 19100 at 11:55:29:
I'VE TAKEN A FEW OF THEM APART AND COULD SEE NO
DAMAGED,,ON OTHERS THE HEADS WERE LOOSE FROM THE
BANGING OF THE HEADS,,I SUSPECT TRACK O HAD A BAD SPOT,,THIS IS NORMALY A BAD DRIVE THAT IS JUNKED.
IT WAS RARE THAT A CHANGE OF CIRCUIT BOARDS
HELPED,,THE DATA RECOVERY PEOPLE MAY CAN DO MORE
BUT YOU ARE TALKING HUNDRES IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON A DRIVE SUCH AS THIS,,AND IF THE HEAD WAS DRAGGING ON THE PLATER IT'S PROB. A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. DAN
: I do data recovery and a few of the drives that I get from clients sound as if the read/write head is slaming into the side of the case. Of course, the BIOS does not see it, so I cannot do Data Recovery on it. The next step would probably be a clean room. Does anyone have an idea why the drive is doing this and what a typical fix might be, like replacing the circuit board??