Toshiba MK3265GSX HDD2H83 faulty

[Luxman]

I´ve got a faulty Toshiba MK3265GSX HDD2H83 320 GB 2,5" SATA notebook drive.

When I put the drive in an external SATA adaptor, the spindle is running.
Sometimes the PC even don´t boot up with this disc as a second drive attached.
I must attach the drive later. The drive is occassionaly not found within XP and if it was found after a long time of waiting I can see only empty partitions. I´m not able to run any diagnostic program. If I try this, the PC "looses" the drive and can´t see it anymore

Can anyone give me an advice for a good fault check strategy?
I already checked the PCB visually, but there is no physical damage to be seen. Is it a good idea to change the PCB and the ROM?

Thanks,
Luxman

[pcimage]

Total waste of time to change the PCB, it is not faulty,

Either you have media issues (bad sectors) and/or suspect head(s)

[Luxman]

Thanks.
Is there anything I can try at this point without opening up the disc?
I´m not a recovery pro.

[BlackST]

Unfortunately NO.

[dobrevjetser]

Even with opening the disk you can't do anything. (and its not neccessary in my opinion)

Dobre

[freakzy]

To OP : I recommend dobrevjetser for pro service, if your data is important.