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And by 'recover' I mean, "get the drive working for long enough to transfer necessary data off".
Drive: WD Scorpio Black 2.5" 750GB
To begin with, when I powered up the drive it just made some odd noises then stopped with no drive spin-up sounds and no reaction from the OS saying it can see the drive.
At that point I said that any other tactics I might use to recover data are unlikely to work, and after my brother said don't bother with professional data recovery, I thought I'd have another crack at the drive today.
I removed the lid to expose the platter and head, and found the head parked in the middle of the platter (no scratches on the platter). I gently parked the head into the assembly next to the platter that I'm fairly sure the head should be parked in when the drive powers down gracefully, then switched the drive on and the platter spun up, however no movement from the drive head and the platter spun down after a few seconds.
Any ideas for how to coax more life out of it?
Drive: WD Scorpio Black 2.5" 750GB
To begin with, when I powered up the drive it just made some odd noises then stopped with no drive spin-up sounds and no reaction from the OS saying it can see the drive.
At that point I said that any other tactics I might use to recover data are unlikely to work, and after my brother said don't bother with professional data recovery, I thought I'd have another crack at the drive today.
I removed the lid to expose the platter and head, and found the head parked in the middle of the platter (no scratches on the platter). I gently parked the head into the assembly next to the platter that I'm fairly sure the head should be parked in when the drive powers down gracefully, then switched the drive on and the platter spun up, however no movement from the drive head and the platter spun down after a few seconds.
Any ideas for how to coax more life out of it?