HITACHI HDD CLICKING

[iggyboy]

My Hitachi 40 gb laptop HDD IC25N040ATMR04-0 4200 RPM died after a long overheating activity (my fault of course,it has been hanging for longtime).At present it is clicking,not readible and I would like to recover some data on it.I know it's very difficult,but may be somebody can help me suggesting the guidelines to follow,beeing a newbie with HDD but electronics amateur for long time.Thanks

[mr_spokk]

Hi, the Hitachi ATMR series is well known for there bad heads....so that would be my first guess.
And to swap heads is nothing I will recommend a beginner, so if the data on the drive is importent send it to a DR service.

If you want to try to perform it your self, try to read as much as you can in the forum, and practice a lot on bad drives.

Best Regards

Bosse

[pcimage]

Agree.

Where are u based?

[iggyboy]

Agree.

Where are u based?

Northern Italy near Milan

[pcimage]

If ur prepared to send to UK, then I'll take a look a it.

PM me if interested.

Otherwise, send to a DR company in Italy. This is not really something easily fixable by an amateur.

[iggyboy]

If ur prepared to send to UK, then I'll take a look a it.

PM me if interested.

Otherwise, send to a DR company in Italy. This is not really something easily fixable by an amateur.

Did you get my PM?

[pcimage]

yes, replied