Seagate FreeAgent Desktop

[Caronte]

Hello there fellow HDD's gurus.

I have a Freeagent desktop 500Gb, inside of it is a Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500Gb(st3500620as).
The problem: when the drive is powered up, this sound begins and the PC won't detect the drive.

In your experience, you know what is going on here? how to fix it?

[pcimage]

99% likely to be dropped/knocked and have stuck spindle.

And no, you can't fix it yourself. These particular drives with stuck spindle are very difficult even for pros.

[hddmania]

It doesn't take much to get your spindle damaged... Dropp from a coffee table or even 2' would do or a little bump on the desk...

Spildit or Beto in this forum are pros and they are closer to you.

[BlackST]

Beto is from Mexico....

[hddmania]

But, if you value your data, don't open it at home or in your office!!! Take it to a clean room and don't touch the platters or heads with your finger!!!!

[beto]

Like the another gurus told u its an spindle seized problems, another of typical problems on 7200.11 Families here on mexico we got most cases with spindle problems caused by dropped, than size 0 problem , where are u based on ?

Regards

[Caronte]

And i'm not a pro

@Caronte
Did you drop the drive or hit the drive ?
If heads are stuck on platters you have to find a way to "unstuck" them ...

Never hit or dropped this is the strange thing.

Like the another gurus told u its an spindle seized problems, another of typical problems on 7200.11 Families here on mexico we got most cases with spindle problems caused by dropped, than size 0 problem , where are u based on ?

Regards

Hola beto, I'm from Venezuela.

Guys thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!