My hard drive died on me :( Please help

[BlackST]

On the notes of "blowing in the wind" ...

How many drives must a man break down
before he will call a DR
and how many posts must we read and write down
before we give up at the end....

The answer my friend,
you need a true DR
The answer is always true DR....

[pcimage]

lol

Very good BlackST!!!

[BlackST]

Grammy Award... PERIOD

[hddmania]

Hi hamsaya ,

If you know any system that will let you copy 1TB and process that much data in 2 hours, PLEASE let me know. Any US distributors???? I need to buy it!!!!!!!!! I have to have one in my shop...

[hamsaya]

Hi hamsaya ,

If you know any system that will let you copy 1TB and process that much data in 2 hours, PLEASE let me know. Any US distributors???? I need to buy it!!!!!!!!! I have to have one in my shop...

It is NOT full my friend, however I should say there is 500 GIG of files ... and believe me when I am saying the platter is not scratched so you do not have to swap the head and or clean it from time to time, the reason is when It happened the drive was turned off and it was not spinning when this happened, The shock perhaps moved the head, and as one of you stated it might not even need a head replacement but a head alignment. I did check for the black dust from the side of the hard drive and there was none. I am not going to experiment this heart surgery before I open some other hearts lol...

THANKS !

Hamsaya

[hamsaya]

On the notes of "blowing in the wind" ...

How many drives must a man break down
before he will call a DR
and how many posts must we read and write down
before we give up at the end....

The answer my friend,
you need a true DR
The answer is always true DR....

One of these days your hard disk will start clicking and I will own a solid state...

Knowing what you know does not make you a perfect human being. One of these days you will fall, and you will be needing some one to assist you and I am hopping you find your true DR and they are not acting/behaving like well ... "yourself"!

[hamsaya]

Hi hamsaya ,

If you know any system that will let you copy 1TB and process that much data in 2 hours, PLEASE let me know. Any US distributors???? I need to buy it!!!!!!!!! I have to have one in my shop...

You are right. But is there a possibility, that once the HDD is stable and the heads are either aligned or replaced be sent to me and let me do the back up ??

Thanks
Hamsaya

[hamsaya]

I know it is going to take them 2 hours of work to make this happen and perhaps 100 dollar of parts.. so to rip someone off asking 1500-2500 is just ridiculous. How much do they want to make per hour 750?

Wawawawait a minute!
You forget some little points!
First of all, this is not a "2 hour job", think about the 1TB!
How much time does it take to copy out if the drive is healty?
With exchanged heads, we are proud if it can do some MB/s!
Additionally, the platter is scratched, and we need to sitting next to the drive and watching for any strange behavior before loose the another headstack!
(I will have a box shaped ass, because i am sitting next to one customer-opened 160GB Maxtor wich reads 400Kb/s, and stops in every 1-2 hour and i need to take out the heads again and again for cleaning....)

Additionally, you forget to count in the expensive tools, cleanroom + additionals, wich needs to pays back their price as well sooner or later....

So, please thing again about the price...

Janos

You are right, but can't the drive be sent and can't you guys let me do the back up myself. I do not think the HD is scratched, it was turned off when this happened. Perhaps it is not aligned or something...

[hamsaya]

At least get a clean room ....

After your advices I do consider checking with a professional. I am looking for someone in my area + reasonably priced. I would do that, if I could not find someone to do it for me. I found the matching head, it is made in the same lab, 5 days later, same company, same country, same model, however different firmware version. Higher ..

Thank you so much !

[BlackST]

On the notes of "blowing in the wind" ...

How many drives must a man break down
before he will call a DR
and how many posts must we read and write down
before we give up at the end....

The answer my friend,
you need a true DR
The answer is always true DR....

One of these days your hard disk will start clicking and I will own a solid state...

Knowing what you know does not make you a perfect human being. One of these days you will fall, and you will be needing some one to assist you and I am hopping you find your true DR and they are not acting/behaving like well ... "yourself"!

I have learnt that some things can be avoided, other are beyond our possibilities and other need to be paid. I want to remember you that you live in a country which in practical denies healthcare to who cannot pay, a hernia surgery that is FREE here if you pay taxes - NOT AN INSURANCE - it's not less than 10'000$ , and it's 30 minutes (ask someone here)... Should I continue? The maximum you can get probably is a 'HDDGURU DISCOUNT' from valuable pro from here in your area. Use the search function in the members section and send a PM. And get full DR service including copy to a new drive, not only a headswap if never will be possible, since you don't have the necessary tools to override the problems that always come out, maybe including a new headstack if one is not enough.

[drc]

One of these days I will own a solid state...

And these are going to be hell to recover from, I'd expect prices to only go up.

[hamsaya]

On the notes of "blowing in the wind" ...

How many drives must a man break down
before he will call a DR
and how many posts must we read and write down
before we give up at the end....

The answer my friend,
you need a true DR
The answer is always true DR....

One of these days your hard disk will start clicking and I will own a solid state...

Knowing what you know does not make you a perfect human being. One of these days you will fall, and you will be needing some one to assist you and I am hopping you find your true DR and they are not acting/behaving like well ... "yourself"!

I have learnt that some things can be avoided, other are beyond our possibilities and other need to be paid. I want to remember you that you live in a country which in practical denies healthcare to who cannot pay, a hernia surgery that is FREE here if you pay taxes - NOT AN INSURANCE - it's not less than 10'000$ , and it's 30 minutes (ask someone here)... Should I continue? The maximum you can get probably is a 'HDDGURU DISCOUNT' from valuable pro from here in your area. Use the search function in the members section and send a PM. And get full DR service including copy to a new drive, not only a headswap if never will be possible, since you don't have the necessary tools to override the problems that always come out, maybe including a new headstack if one is not enough.

I am a student here in USA, I am not a US Citizen if you are so against their health care system or how things work you can talk to someone else. But remember that for a student, they charge double in USA.. I don't wanna go further in detail about it ...

Again I thank you for advice. I am going to put away my hard disk until I find a reasonable price and am able to pay for it.

Thanks
Hamsaya

[BlackST]

Didn't know about double charge for students. Bad, very bad. Really.

[hamsaya]

Didn't know about double charge for students. Bad, very bad. Really.

School fees for international students is doubled, NOT for regular Students or resident of USA/Citizens. Further they do not let you work and no scholarship either ... Only athletics and i had that in football/soccer...

Anyways I will take your advice put my hard drive somewhere until I am able pay for it to be fixed.

THANKS EVERYONE and I hope this closes this thread.

Plus it is 4 AM I should hit the bed.

Hamsaya

[dereks_computer]

The drive may be getting incorrect power or data problem through USB. Hook it up in a computer rather than an external like you have.

[N.C.]

The drive may be getting incorrect power or data problem through USB. Hook it up in a computer rather than an external like you have.

Please read the messages, before saying some like this...

[BlackST]

Damaged heads through Usb... Wow!

[hamsaya]

Someone from this forum told me I should send him my drive + 300 + the colon that I found to Lebanon, haha what do you guys think >>> LOL

Anyways, all jokes aside... There is a company that is quite reputable, and they said I have to send my HDD for evaluation. They say it is free, they have to see to give me a quote.. They said once evaluated they will give me a quote. They said if we did not reach agreement on price, they will simply send it back to me at their cost. What do you guys think ???

Go for it ?

Hamsaya

[BlackST]

Already warned about 'no fix no charge' . Again, how much can you spend?