Platinum (Maxtor?) hdd data recovery

[djrh]

Hi,

A friend of mine got a 250gb HDD in a USB enclosure, which stopped working few days ago. It's a weird brand - Platinum, at least the sticker on the hdd has that brand printed on. I think it's a Maxtor because the logic board is CALYPSOIII 301599100 ARDENT C8C1.

I attached the hard drive to a PC on an IDE cable, and it IS recognized by the BIOS (as PLATINUM 250G 8F7200 YAR41BW0). However, it is not recognized by Windows and Linux. I also tried SUPER FDISK, but it told me it could not read the MBR and partitions.

When the PC is started, you can feel that the HDD is spinning (it is vibrating), but it does not stop vibrating (it spins at very fast speed all the time). There are no sounds (clicking, ticking, etc).

What do you think the problem is? If it's the logic board, how do I identify a possible replacement? There is a sticker on the side reading:

Platinum 133 7200-8M-F
04H000050609

Please help

[thatdellguy]

Its most likely a refurbished Maxtor 6Y250P0. Try to scan it with MHDD or Victoria for windows to see if the surface is readable. Might be a deleted partition or something simple other than the drive itself.

[djrh]

thanks for your quick reply.

I run MHDD, and it gave me the same error all the way through - >500ms.

I IDed it, and the only additional info was
SN 020500002
BIOS 80H

Any ideas?
Thanks.

[thatdellguy]

Were there any patterns in the scan or was every sector >500ms? Did you check smart for relocated sectors?

[djrh]

Were there any patterns in the scan or was every sector >500ms? Did you check smart for relocated sectors?

All the sectors showed as !!!!!!!!!!! in orange code (>500ms). Not sure what you mean by smart for relocated sectors?

Merci.

[BlackST]

The disk has firmware problems and/or headstack problem so the IDNF. I can fix it.

[networkpc3000]

post image of the drive & firmware checking report, then every body will be more clear about your drive and help you solve the problem

[N.C.]

Were there any patterns in the scan or was every sector >500ms? Did you check smart for relocated sectors?

All the sectors showed as !!!!!!!!!!! in orange code (>500ms). Not sure what you mean by smart for relocated sectors?

Merci.

In MHDD, when you see the !!!!! don't you see the "PWD" flag on the top?

I vote for password protected case + hdd.

For smart: Press F8!
The important 2 lines:
Reallocated sectors, Current pending

PS: Sorry for PM.
(unfortunately, i have found the PM button first. )

Regards,
Janos

[shahij]

My vote goes for Mods/head.

[pcimage]

MY vote is bad translator.

[djrh]

As requested, I took some screenshots. Wasn't sure how to transfer MHDD screenshots, so I used digicam instead

Not that I cannot do full disk scan because it fills out the memory at about 20% within the scan (it says "Cannot write log file, disk is full").

EID

SCAN

SMART1

SMART2

Anyone?

[Doomer]

translator is dead

[ccc]

Yes....SMART looks OK .....only translator problem...

[djrh]

So, the verdict is translator? Do I need to change the PCB?

Thanks to all who responded.

[Doomer]

If you really want to change PCB - you can do that

[harddrivespecialist]

So, the verdict is translator? Do I need to change the PCB?

Thanks to all who responded.

You need a professional help.

[HDD Spaz]

So, the verdict is translator? Do I need to change the PCB?

Thanks to all who responded.

If you do change the PCB, make sure you change the pcb for a PC3000 and Salvation Data HD Doctor. Thats a good swap but you will need to buy another pcb.

[rameez]

You dont need to change the pcb .
You need a professional to do the job for u .

[beto]

Like Doomer and all people told u looks like a SA problem, by this reason u got ABRT error at all sectors registers FW stored in platters at zone reserved area negative cilinders, wich had modules corrupted,to solved u need tools wich could access -cyl , works with vendor tracks & vendor commands and of course knowledgment about the structure of SA at this model to repair it and get data back , or send to a DR company near to u country

[N.C.]

Like Doomer and all people told u looks like a SA problem, by this reason u got ABRT error at all sectors registers FW stored in platters at zone reserved area negative cilinders, wich had modules corrupted,to solved u need tools wich could access -cyl , works with vendor tracks & vendor commands and of course knowledgment about the structure of SA at this model to repair it and get data back , or send to a DR company near to u country

"near to u country" ???

Please don't do that!

You know, there are a lot of amateur DR companies...
Please suggest one trustable, or one of us instead.

Now i can see too, translator is the problem.

Regards,
Janos