ungx0013

I was adding stuff to the inside of my pc and had to remove the hard drive. In the process I had dropped one of my hard drive onto the case and now it doesn't work. It wasn't that big of a fall 6 inch? maybe and now all my pictures and music are gone. Is there any way to recover my stuff on it, because windows won't recognize it.

this is gonna suck.

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mootin

have you checked all the cables are properly plugged in ?

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ptrcd003

if its actually damaged, then theres probably no way to recover your data. Well, you could always take it to a data recovery company, but thats if the data is worth the money.

ungx0013

yeah, they were connected to my SIIG IDE PCI adapter and i checked both ports and nothing. my other one that i didn't drop works fine.

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Renegade5399

Put it in a ziploc bag and put it in the freezer for like 30 minutes. Then hook it up and see if it works.

mootin

connect it to your mobo and try it like that.

but a 6" drop should break it, hard drives are pretty sterdy and can stand alot of g's before breaking.

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BugBash

Is there any Damage to the PCB on the underside of the Drive?
Does the drive spin up?
What make/model?

ungx0013

where would i find such a place? i didn't get a chance to back up my pictures from this last year and they are all saved on there. up to 10 gigs of pictures a 5 and 6 magapixels. plus 80 gigs of music, which some of that stuff is hard to find, now with the stupid RIAA.

what will the freezer process to do it? have you tried it?

Seagate
ST3200826A
and i dropped it on the opposite end of the connectors.
no clue what you mean spin up.

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BugBash

What I mean spin up, does the drive spin? when you power up the machine, you should feel the drive vibrate/hum.

what I have done in the past with HDD`s that have failed is to swap the pcb with another known working one. (Same make/model)

Be very carefull if you`ve got the knowhow to do this, some have little tiny connectors that squeeze between the pcb and the metal casing of the drive, they have a tendancy to stick to the pcb and fall off without you noticing them!
If you think that may help PLEASE take your time when doing this, last thing you want is two buggered drives

Barry

Maybe the little jumper clip fell off,make sure its in the correct spot for the 2 drives to work together.

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