Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
September 15th, 2010, 12:14
September 15th, 2010, 12:22
It's less likely to be a PCB problem and most likely to be failing/failed heads.
September 15th, 2010, 12:32
Well I have a couple of old WD drives, what drives are safe to take the heads from?
September 15th, 2010, 12:51
That's not going to work.
September 15th, 2010, 12:52
So I have to get heads from another WD-1600JS?
September 15th, 2010, 13:17
Head replacement is very challenging process, which requires a lot of experience and knowledge.
Plus your problem has to be accurately diagnosed prior to any recovery attempts.
September 15th, 2010, 13:34
Well I cant afford to spend $1,000 to get the data recovered, so either I'm trying it or it's not getting done.
September 15th, 2010, 13:45
Can you afford $0 and perhaps $20-$30 in shipping to at least have it evaluated? There are plenty of places that will do that, and then you will at least have a real diagnosis and price quote...
You really have zero chance of success at doing a head swap on this drive yourself, if that's even what it needs
September 15th, 2010, 13:49
Landmine wrote:Well I cant afford to spend $1,000 to get the data recovered
It might not cost you that amount, it could be much less, but by trying, you will definitely create more problems and your data might not be recoverable at all or it will cost you double or triple that amount.
September 15th, 2010, 14:18
Well the hard drive PCB is getting really hot. And that is the cause of the failure I believe. That is why I thought it was the PCB that fried.
Any theories or why the board heats up so fast?
September 15th, 2010, 15:36
Landmine> Read the posts about PCB match. Buy yourself a board (2061-701335-b00-AF* (AF Apple Firmware)) , swap the Flash chip (U12 on your PCB) yourself or (better idea!!!) find someone who is handy with a soldering Iron.
Might cost you 40-50 USD but it wont killl the drive, if your lucky :O)
*AF not so important
September 15th, 2010, 15:39
on this drive more chance of heads being the problem but "He who dares wins" !
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