droped hdd

[newtocomputers]

i droped my hdd it is a ( western digital caviar se 250 gig)it has a lot of information on it.
now all i does is knock like the pickup is jumping.is there any way to retrive the information?

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: newtocomputers
i droped my hdd it is a ( western digital caviar se 250 gig)it has a lot of information on it.
now all i does is knock like the pickup is jumping.is there any way to retrive the information?

Yes.
Fill out the application and send it to... My Hard Drive Died

 

[newtocomputers]

:frown: i kind of figured that but i have another hdd(hitachi deskstar 40 gigs)it is a ide.
what kind of an adaptor do i need to use it on sata?

 

[zagood]

Search for IDE to Sata Converter. I've only tried using one and it was a piece of crap. If you can drop an extra $20-$30, probably be worth it to pick up a cheap SATA.

Cheap sata HDDs
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...&name=SATA%203.0Gb%2fs

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: zagood
Search for IDE to Sata Converter. I've only tried using one and it was a piece of crap. If you can drop an extra $20-$30, probably be worth it to pick up a cheap SATA.

If you HAVE to convert it, then a PCI-based IDE controller card should work. But, as noted, with hard drives so cheap, it'd be MUCH more cost-effective to buy a new 500 GB to 1 TB SATA hard drive.

 

[daw123]

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: newtocomputers
i droped my hdd it is a ( western digital caviar se 250 gig)it has a lot of information on it.
now all i does is knock like the pickup is jumping.is there any way to retrive the information?

Yes.
Fill out the application and send it to... My Hard Drive Died

Ouch, that costs a lot: $50 evaluation fee and then a further $750 to recover data from a <400Gb HDD.

It pays in the long run to back stuff up.

 

[Blain]

$800 is a pretty cheap educational expense.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: daw123
Ouch, that costs a lot: $50 evaluation fee and then a further $750 to recover data from a <400Gb HDD.

Anybody understand this paragraph from that web page?:

"If we are able to do the recovery then we charge an additional $750 for a standard IDE Desktop hard drive 400 gig or smaller. If the drive is larger than 400 gigs for a desktop hard drive we only charge for parts."

I don't understand the part about "larger than 400 gigs...".

 

[Blain]

They charge more than the $800 base for HDs over 400GB.

 

[Spikesoldier]

sounds like larger than 400gb (a recent drive) they can find a comparable unit and swap out parts that have failed.

 

[Russwinters]

$800 is actually a REALLY good deal for a WD desktop hard drive.


Western Digital desktop drives are the toughest to perform internal mechanical repair on. There is an issue with the alignment of the heads being lost when you remove the top lid, and finding it again is extremely troublesome (The higher density the drive, the worse, so new WD desktop drives like the 1TB are nearly impossible right now)



My company charges ~$1200 for WD desktop drives, and that is still considered a good deal.




Moral of the story, back up your data well. Especially if you use WD hard drives. They may perform great, but when they die.....they REALLY die.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Doesn't each head individually "Servo in" on a multiplatter head stack? Or is there one servo track for the entire head stack?

 

[Russwinters]

Servo code is embedded in between the tracks, on every platter. It is written before the tracks are written, and can never be modified.



Regards,