Hard disk.. help!

[RooKiED]

Hello everybody, "welcome to the forum" I know
I speak english like hell, so please have patience.
The thinfg is I've had a Quantum Fireball lct15 30GB for 5 years already..
And of course, something wrong had to happen.
Somehow one of the "screws" (dunno how to name it) was ripped off.. and now it just doesn't work.. the BIOS doesn't even recognise the disk.. the green led itself turns on and off indicating there's a problem.
At first I managed to put it right back in the place where it was, holding it with my finger with a lot of pressure. Fortunately it was recognised and I was able to boot into windows, everything ok ! (I got tired of holding it so I shut down the pc)
Well.. after that, I couldn't make it work again with the same technique...

Anyway.. I wanna know if there's a way to solder it again to the spot beacuase we are talking about a very little thing... and how much can it cost?.. it has to be someone with the proper tools...
I'm sorry about my ignorance at electronics

The "screw" that was ripped off.. I kept it (the disk showed is an example)

This is my real disk (sorry the quality).. if you make an effort, you can see the spot where the screw should be...

Well that's all.. hope you'll get it.
TIA
Damian

PS: this thread's not a joke.. it's serious sh*t

 

[PokerGuy]

If you were able to make it work by just holding it in place, then soldering it is probably an option. If you're not used to soldering though, avoid problems and just take it to someone with more experience soldering stuff.

 

[wpshooter]

Unless there is something very important on this drive, you would probably spend less money and time by just buying a new drive. And even if you can find someone to soldier this back on, there is always the possibility that it still may not work.

Good luck.

 

[birdpup]

Here is a textbook example of data recovery by replacing the circuit board on the hard drive. If the soldering does not work, find and purchase this model hard drive somehow and then just switch the circuit boards underneath. That should be all that will be needed to get the drive working again. Since this drive is 5 years old, it may be difficult to find this drive but when you do, it should be relatively cheap.