WD5000AAKS

[seantk421]

Hello,

I am experiencing an issue with an external hard drive, wd5000aaks. When hooked up over USB the drive begins to load but then I hear not necessarily clicking, but a noise as it were about to spin up and then immediately fails. This happens over and over for about 30 seconds and then stops. After it stops, if I go into drive management in Windows 7 it recognizes the disc but says that it has not been initialized. If I take the drive out of the case and connect it directly by a SATA cable the files show up but it brings the whole computer to a crawl and whenever I try to copy the files it eventually fails.

Any suggestions as to what might be the problem? I have an extra donor PCB board, but it's a 2060-701537-004 while the broken board is 2060-701537-003. I wasn't sure if trying a swap could cause additional damage so I haven't done anything yet.

Thanks in advance for any help!

[dmarques]

When you connect the drive directly by SATA, you ear it start spinning? That what happens? Do you ear knocking noises? Spindle stops or continues rotating?

[seantk421]

It makes the same noise when connected over SATA also. It does appear to continue spinning though.

[dmarques]

Well, that may indicate different issues, like SA problems, ROM, Heads.
You need to take it to a pro for a proper diagnosis.

[harddrivespecialist]

Its either a read/write head issue or a lot of bad sectors.

If your drive is still recognized by a computer, it should not cost you "an arm and a leg", may be one of those at worst.

Many forum members could offer inexpensive recovery, just let us know where you located and we'll refer you to a closest one.

[seantk421]

That would be great. I am located near Atlanta, GA, USA.

Thanks!

[harddrivespecialist]

Jono-ats, is one of very reputable members of this forum and located in Atlanta, GA.

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