Hi,

My laptop bios recently stopped seeing my hard drive, a 60GB Fujitsu MHV2060BH SATA. I have tried to connect it to a separate machine using a SATA/USB caddy but it is not recognised in Windows.

I've made enquiries about trying a PCB from a donor hard drive but wondered if the behaviour i.e. noise of the hard drive could be an indication of what's gone wrong.

When it is turned on I can hear it start spinning. 8 seconds in it goes a little bit quieter, clicks/clunks once and then sounds as though it's still spinning (it sounds "on"). When I read about clicks of death they're normally associated with a number of clicks, not just one.

Is this likely to be mechanical or worthy of a try with a donor PCB?

Thanks

Dan

Hi

not worth trying to replace the PCB. It's other problem, nothing to do with PCB. My best bet is head damaged.

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Can you post the behaviour of the registers? At a glance it seems head or serious fw issue... More head (can't lock the servo?)

Thanks, as head replacement is beyond me I think I'll just declare it dead and move on. The data would have been useful but not to the extent of data recovery costs. You have saved me money on trying someting that wouldn't work though, so thanks!

Dan

You're welcome

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