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
August 12th, 2015, 12:54
Hi everyone! i'm new here, and finally i found a good forum for fixing hard drive solutions! Can you help and provide some step by step procedure to access data back on my Hitachi HD?
As a title i can give you some info.. the drive stop working and make a continuos click at boot... is it the head? badchip? i don't have any idea!
Tnx
August 12th, 2015, 13:09
It's most likely failed read/write heads. Not a DIY situation unless you have specialized equipment to handle it.
August 12th, 2015, 13:18
and... i'm newbie in this... DIY stand for platter swapper?
August 12th, 2015, 14:36
ok ! so not a badchip/DIY.. how can i procede now? i can't access data.. without bios identification.. right?
August 12th, 2015, 15:37
DIY = Do It Yourself
Means you can not Do It Yourself, there is a risk that every time your disk makes a "click" it damages your data.
So if data is needed, seek professional help.
August 16th, 2015, 5:26
digisupport wrote:DIY = Do It Yourself
Means you can not Do It Yourself, there is a risk that every time your disk makes a "click" it damages your data.
So if data is needed, seek professional help.
+1
totally agree.
August 18th, 2015, 11:19
ok tnx for answers! i remove the cover and i see the damaged heads.... so you say that i can't do it.. but can you explain how this happens?
February 7th, 2024, 10:30
Drives don't last forever....
February 7th, 2024, 10:39
how did you dig up this 9 year old topic...

and only just to say drives don't last forever...
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