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finar76

Post subject: Seagate suddenly stopped - r/w head does not move

Posted: December 21st, 2017, 15:58

Joined: December 21st, 2017, 15:38
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Location: Toronto

My Seagate stopped to work and after some debugging I decided to open it....

with my surprise I have found that the r/w head is not forking properly....

please look at the link below....

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZHuMzYPuciYftODn2

suggestions?

Thanks!

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Masterclass

Post subject: Re: Seagate suddenly stopped - r/w head does not move

Posted: December 22nd, 2017, 1:15

Joined: May 29th, 2011, 8:47
Posts: 131
Location: Russia

finar76 wrote:

suggestions?

Dig it as deep as possible

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COD

Post subject: Re: Seagate suddenly stopped - r/w head does not move

Posted: December 22nd, 2017, 9:04

Joined: December 12th, 2017, 4:27
Posts: 48
Location: Poland, Warsaw

Close it and drink for a better mood.

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rogfanther

Post subject: Re: Seagate suddenly stopped - r/w head does not move

Posted: December 22nd, 2017, 10:32

Joined: October 16th, 2013, 13:21
Posts: 713
Location: Brazil

I think it is forking the platter surface really good.

With the hope it is not a trolling post, it seems there are some screws missing ( for no reason ) from the head magnets and also the head contacts. Or is this just an artifact of the image ( or maybe this hdd model comes like this ) .

As for the data in the drive, well, say your respectful farewells and give the hdd a viking funeral at the sea.

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ddrecovery

Post subject: Re: Seagate suddenly stopped - r/w head does not move

Posted: December 22nd, 2017, 12:03

Joined: June 11th, 2013, 17:01
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Location: Phoenix, AZ USA

Looks like its a Seagate Mobile drive. If so, and the head screw has not been replaced before spinning up, those heads are just digging forking holes.

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pcimage

Post subject: Re: Seagate suddenly stopped - r/w head does not move

Posted: December 23rd, 2017, 9:58

Joined: November 29th, 2006, 10:08
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Location: UK

Game over

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