Hitachi Deskstar 500GIG HDT725050VLAT80 - not spinning

[scoetser]

This HDD was used in a portable media player. The device was moved from a horizontal to vertical position. At this point there was a brief jitter by the drives. After this the drive did not want to spin up again and makes a small rhythmic sound. It is almost like the heads got bent and is keeping the discs from spinning.

Can anyone give me some advise to solve this?

Thanks

[BlackST]

Yes, replace it if data is not important. Otherwise seek pro advice. Nothing you can do (seems internal mechanical problem)

[harddrivespecialist]

won't be able to solve this on your own.

[scoetser]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I pretty much thought that to be the case.

[pcrecovery]

Working on one of these now. Definitely not something you want to even think about doing yourself.