HELP PLZZZZ CANNOT ACCES HDD, MAKING BIP SOUND. HELP PLZZZZZ

[tareek008]

HI!
I badly need help with my hdd,
i remove it to clean from dust but when it put it bak. it was not working.
am desesperate as there is all my files on it, my school projects. my life depends on it. if plz some could help me.
i try almost every solution, but its the hard disk itself which is not working, am not being able to detect it even in BIOS
it does not detect it. its a making a bipbipbip sound in the hdd. n tells "Channel 1 no 80 conduction cable n later says media test fails n finally disk boot failure"

plz plz, help me, i really dnt knw wat to do. all i need is my files thats all. plzzz anyone help me plz.....

[shaun]

First of all, do us a favour and write in a language understandable to manhood.

How did you handle the drive while removing the dust and how did you actually clean it? Chances are that you zapped the electronics by ESD (electro-static discharge). As long as the head preamp is not affected, the drive is probably repairable by any electronics engineer with a good knowledge on hard disk drives. If the head amp has failed or the damage is of mechanical nature (dropped it?) it would take a data recovery pro to get your data back.

Anything you may do from know on may make things worse.

[msurgeon]

First of all people should understand that English is not the first language of many of the posters here, both newbies and "pros." To insult the effort to make oneself understood is nasty and mean-sprited. Kindly refrain from doing it. On to the problem:
If you simply "removed the dust" from the drive then it doesn't sound like it should be a major problem. The "bipbip" sound appears to indicate the drive is not spinning up. Is this true? If it is, then either the power connection is problematic or the PCB has likely suffered a failure. Eliminate the power connection issue and then report back results.

[HardDiskBug]

No offence, but perhaps he wanted to say that he removed the top cover and cleaned the dust from platters?

[harddrivespecialist]

but perhaps he wanted to say that he removed the top cover and cleaned the dust from platters?

Yes, more details please. What is a drive model number?

[tareek008]

no! i just remove the hdd, that all, i cleaned inside the pc.
model: maxtor diamond plus 9, 80 ATA. 3.5 series

[harddrivespecialist]

Check your power supply!

[tareek008]

First of all people should understand that English is not the first language of many of the posters here, both newbies and "pros." To insult the effort to make oneself understood is nasty and mean-sprited. Kindly refrain from doing it. On to the problem:
If you simply "removed the dust" from the drive then it doesn't sound like it should be a major problem. The "bipbip" sound appears to indicate the drive is not spinning up. Is this true? If it is, then either the power connection is problematic or the PCB has likely suffered a failure. Eliminate the power connection issue and then report back results.

yah! in fact, i tried that also. but the drive seems to be spinning.it is as if its being able to read the hdd, to access it.
when i get into BIOS for auto drive detection, it does detect it and it indicate 0 mb.
i checked everything, wires, the ide, pins, jumpers, power connections, but everything seems to be oki.
i really dont know where the problem is. it seems to be inside the hdd.
it is each time the pc try to acess the HDD that it makes the bipbiptaktak sound... it is as if something is blocked.
so any help plz....
i just want my files because my life depends on it...plzzz.
thx.

[drc]

Download MHDD and use that to examine the drive, see if it will identify, etc.

[harddrivespecialist]

Sounds like your Maxtor has problem with a reading/writing head.

Those problems come unexpected.

You better take it to a pro before you make your problem bigger.

[tareek008]

Sounds like your Maxtor has problem with a reading/writing head.

Those problems come unexpected.

You better take it to a pro before you make your problem bigger.

oki, i will as from tomorrow.
i just want my files. thats all..
thx...
any other suggestion guys.?

[msurgeon]

when i get into BIOS for auto drive detection, it does detect it and it indicate 0 mb.

Exactly how is the drive identified in the BIOS? Does it indicate proper name and model or does it just say "Calypso"?

[tareek008]

when i get into BIOS for auto drive detection, it does detect it and it indicate 0 mb.

Exactly how is the drive identified in the BIOS? Does it indicate proper name and model or does it just say "Calypso"?

when i get into the bios, the cmos features, for the IDE master hdd, the is another harddisk(maxtor fireball),
n the slave one (the one am having problem with) is maxtor calypso... it written "slave maxtor calypso",
n then i make auto detect, its says " detecting drive" n it starts making that tak tak sound n finally says
nothing and the capacity remains to 0MB.
the sound looks like a physically problem in the hdd itself n that y am not being able to access it. am i right? is it repairable
n will allow me to recover my data?

[msurgeon]

Well, it appears to be a physical problem with either PCB and/or head involvement. The next step requires a decision: if it's PCB related then there's a possibility that replacement will solve the problem. You would have to locate a donor drive (see posts in this forum about matching PCBs for Calypso drives). Or you could send it to a local professional for evaluation. Many shops offer this service at no charge. Frankly, there's no harm in trying the first option before deciding on the second. Just do not open the drive housing under any circumstances.

[N.C.]

...

and don't let the drive to "tak tak" because your data will be gone slowly...

Janos

[shaun]

@msurgeon: my comment wasn't because of grammatics or something, but because of that awful slangish-looking "plzzzz" and so on.

@tareek: now as it is clear that you've got a Maxtor drive there, you could do what msurgeon wrote and look for a matching (not only close!) PCB and swap it. This would rule out an ESD-related failure of the PCB already. It was important to know which drive type you have as some other manufacturers would require soldering even on perfectly matching PCBs.

[tareek008]

thank everyone for all ur precious help and advice...
i will bring it to a technician tomorow.
thanks again. it was really of great help...