Is my HD dead?

[HorseShoe]

Hey guys, I have a 40gb Seagate HD, from like 2001 and all of a sudden it died on me when I was on it.

Now I never took this HD out of my computer or tampered with it at all and don't see any reason why it would have died. I also tried putting it in one of my friends computer and it didn't detect there too.

But the main problem is that I have some information that I need on that HD and I was wondering if there was any way of extracting that information?

Any help at all will be much appreciated, thank you.

 

[sniperruff]

heard any weird sound while it was running?

 

[cryptonomicon]

put it in an antistatic bag and put it in the freezer for 30 mins.

take it out immediatly and hook it up and let it run, may work.

a.k.a freezer trick.

 

[HorseShoe]

Originally posted by: cryptonomicon
put it in an antistatic bag and put it in the freezer for 30 mins.

take it out immediatly and hook it up and let it run, may work.

a.k.a freezer trick.

Does that really work? What would putting it in the freezer actually do to it?

And no I don't think I heard any weird sounds.

 

[birdpup]

The freezer technique may work since the sudden failure with no previous indication may indicate mechanical failure like a stuck arm.

Hard Drive, Partition, Data Recovery and Diagnostic Resources

 

[HorseShoe]

So it won't damage the HD at all if I put it in a freezer?

 

[akugami]

What you want to do with the freezer trick is to try to get all important data off it ASAP after doing the freezer trick. Sounds like your HD is shot. Have another HD ready and hope for the best.

If your data is very important...see a specialist and prepare some KY because you're gonna get reamed.

 

[Shenkoa]

Seagate usually has a 5 year warauntee (exuse my bad spelling) so I would check with seagate for a possible replacement if all else fails. I would do what everyone else suggests, the freezer trick that is. If that does not work then it coule be a number of probloms. Maybe if you find out the problom, you can try to buy that same model off of the for sale section and then try exchanging internal parts such as the logic board.

 

[HorseShoe]

Well I just bought a 80gb seagate one today, because I need an operational HD as soon as possible, but where could I go or send my HD to get the data retrieved? And how much would it cost?

 

[marvw]

From what I have found it recovery runs about a grand per drive :shocked:and seagate offers the service. You can go to the Seagate site under warranty put in your drive mod# and Serial # and it will tell you if it is still covered.