First post here, and i'm not Englsih, so please bare with me.
Spent most yesterday evening with reading through your forum here, reading alot about older posts, HD problems, DR, etc. First to the point, and below the backside story.
Problem: Hard disc was in a laptop at a festival here in The Netherlands. Friend said (and i take her word for it, she's obsessively neat with things) there has been no drops or fallen with her laptop. She came after the festival to me with her laptop complaining she didn't see the secundairy drive in her laptop. I checked and the drive actually was loose, unplugged in the drive bay. behind the drive was a crappy plastic that couldn't hold the drive in place. plugged the drive in, better piece of thingy behind the drive so it should stay in place and turned laptop on. No problem at all, checked the drive, checked the surface-test, etc. all came out as Pass.
She came home, copied all 40gb of her photos to the drive and started working on them. a week and a half after she came to me she rang again, could'nt see the drive anymore. so i took it from her (she can't drive) and checked. drive motor starts, but then click-click-bzzz-click etc etc. disk management can't see it. My first thought was stuck heads, and after reading through alot of your posts i checked it. Have a clean room, gloves etc. i unscrewed the screws and opened up the case, heads were in normal parking position and that was it for me, so i didn;t touhc it further Screwed it back again and my story ended, i'm lacking tools and knowledge for further investigation. My guess is that the heads have had a poke or anything because the motor runs but it won't get in normal position. YES i am a newbie with Drive hardware and hardware DR, BUT i'm not a child anymore i'm 43 yrs old.
Backside story (for those interested):
Friend: She's an adorable person, have had alot to cope (?) in life. constant pain so she can't have a normal job, but a real heart of gold. Briliant photographer and she gave me lots of tips for better photographing. Fact, she doesn't have any money, with her last few bucks she bought this 1TB disc so she could work on the photos from the festival. Sometimes she has a paid photgraphy job but that's nearly enough for her normal expences. (houshold, groceries etc).
Myself: 43 yr old with two kids and a lovely girlfriend, dutch, work as an Engineer on luxury yachts. been involved into computers since i was 12, began with commodore 64, Amiga, 286 Cyrix, etc etc. keen to learn new things and not afraid to ask or admit that i lack the knowledge. Mostly i don't want money for the things i do, in alot of cases i help people with computer problems who are on the low-kind of society. without work or illness etc.
Fact: - she has no money for a professional DR - my salary also doesn't cope with it for Pro-DR - keen to learn Professional DR, because i think it doesn't exist here in The Netherlands, at least only for companies - i have a great deal of respect for the pro's here both software AND hardware, because it is not an easy job. therefore i am fully aware that "freebies"are not handed out. - If you came to this line i'm gratefull that you read my very long post, my apologies.
Does anybode have ideas of what to do?
Thanks in advance,
RITS
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