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jay007
 Post subject: Western Digital Hard drive Siren
PostPosted: March 30th, 2011, 7:01 
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I have a WD1200BEVS that makes siren sound like here Stuck Spindle. http://www.salvagedata.com/docs/failed-hard-drive-sounds/

What options do i have to recover data on this drive. will I need to send it away???
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lcoughey
 Post subject: Re: Western Digital Hard drive Siren
PostPosted: March 30th, 2011, 8:34 
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You are possibly right in your diagnosis and unlikely able to do anything non-destructive yourself. I recommend you contact the forum user, "pcimage." He is in the UK and is more than capable of providing you with a reasonable quote and recovering your data.

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 Post subject: Re: Western Digital Hard drive Siren
PostPosted: March 30th, 2011, 13:57 
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jay007 wrote:
I have a WD1200BEVS that makes siren sound like here Stuck Spindle. http://www.salvagedata.com/docs/failed-hard-drive-sounds/

What options do i have to recover data on this drive. will I need to send it away???


You have PM

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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: Western Digital Hard drive Siren
PostPosted: March 30th, 2011, 16:39 
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See this thread, but heed the warnings:
http://forums.seagate.com/t5/FreeAgent- ... 242#M11384

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