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Seagate Momentus 5400.3 - matching donor disk

November 30th, 2009, 8:17

Hi

Can you please let me know how to find matching donor disk for the following
Seagate Momentus 5400.3 - 160GB SATA 2.5"

Model No: ST9160821AS
P/N: 9S1134-042
FW: 3.CAE
DATE CODE: 08022
SITE CODE: WU

Thanks for your help

Cheers
-Jag

Re: Seagate Momentus 5400.3 - matching donor disk

November 30th, 2009, 11:36

FWIW these are usually massive platter damage

Re: Seagate Momentus 5400.3 - matching donor disk

November 30th, 2009, 23:03

I don' think it is a platter damage. Can you someone please point out what to look for on matching donor drive for Seagate Momentus 5400.3 hard disk.

Seagate Momentus 5400.3 - 160GB SATA 2.5"

Model No: ST9160821AS
P/N: 9S1134-042
FW: 3.CAE
DATE CODE: 08022
SITE CODE: WU

Cheers
-Jag

Re: Seagate Momentus 5400.3 - matching donor disk

November 30th, 2009, 23:22

If heads, match the 2 & 3 characters of the S/N.

If the drive starts up with 4 sharp clicks and spins down, I'm 95% sure you've got head / media damage.

Re: Seagate Momentus 5400.3 - matching donor disk

November 30th, 2009, 23:36

drccsc wrote:FWIW these are usually massive platter damage

agree. sometimes this happen.

Re: Seagate Momentus 5400.3 - matching donor disk

December 1st, 2009, 0:14

jono-ats wrote:If heads, match the 2 & 3 characters of the S/N.

If the drive starts up with 4 sharp clicks and spins down, I'm 95% sure you've got head / media damage.


Dear jono-ats are you referring to 2 & 3 characters of Serial number ? or model number or part number?

The start up and I hear a repeated clicking sound that goes on and on and the drive does not spin down.

The sound is something like this
tree-tak-teena tin
tree-tak-teena tin
tree-tak-teena tin

Re: Seagate Momentus 5400.3 - matching donor disk

December 1st, 2009, 0:46

Post terminal output

Re: Seagate Momentus 5400.3 - matching donor disk

December 1st, 2009, 1:40

Serial number.

Pretty sure you've got head / media damage. Odds of successful recovery with these are low.

Re: Seagate Momentus 5400.3 - matching donor disk

December 1st, 2009, 4:48

Agree with jono.

Recovered 1 or 2, but mostly too badly damaged.

Re: Seagate Momentus 5400.3 - matching donor disk

December 2nd, 2009, 16:33

Most of them have platter damage...
Some of them are recoverable.

pepe
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