Help plz....very desperate...hard disc failure....

my maxtor hard disc crash....
the situation is like this

i had a virus infection on my window at first. and i need to reformat it. but i wanted the data back. so i connect my hard disc to my friends pc to recover those data. but. once i plug into my freinds pc. the hard disc electric board burn off i think. weird smell coming out.

now... i cant even detect my hard drive. help plz. i need consultant. and i need the data back urgently. i am a student and i coudnt afford to those company that recover data back for such a large amount of money. plz.

It sounds like you originally had a good candidate for self-data recovery, but the burned board makes things more tricky. If you're Technically able, you may be able to replace the burned componenets (If it smoked because of reverse or overvoltage, many parts on the bard can be bad...). I'm guessing a PCB Swap might be your best bet.

I have had a number of Maxtors smoke. If you look at the logic board you should be able to identify the burned or overheated component(s). There is one rectifier near the power connector that burns out sometimes. You can use a replacement from a similar drive.

I've been able to repair the Maxtor PCBs fairly simply so far, with no preamp damage. However, if the connector was put in backwards all bets are off . . .

yayaya. i found that component already.. but i dono how to repair it
need to find some expert...still finding

i hav a few hard disc
but all not the same capasity
some 160 some 80
but i wonder is that the electronic part the same?
if that so i wil change it

all my hard disc are maxtor..only some sata some ide

raynce wrote:i hav a few hard disc
but all not the same capasity
some 160 some 80
but i wonder is that the electronic part the same?
if that so i wil change it

If ti is the rectifier near the power connector, I have substituted a slightly different part from a completely different drive and it worked.