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
July 27th, 2012, 1:41
My WD5000AAKB suddenly can no longer be detected. Mechanically it seems fine. On power on it spins up and the head appears to seek a few times but then it spins down. No clicking or unusual sounds. BIOS reports 'drive failed' during IDE detection. I tried several computers and cables to be sure it is definitely the drive. Also MHDD cannot detect the drive (EID returns drive does not support LBA mode or not detected) but can issue a reset to it and it spins up/seeks a few times/spins down.
Any ideas? Does this sound like a bad PCB? The PCB does not appear damaged.
Thanks in advance for helping.
Eric
July 27th, 2012, 3:02
PCB is 99% ok
Almost certainly bad heads.
Not DIY
July 27th, 2012, 11:01
Most likely heads.
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