White Label Drive, PCB & Firmware questions

[jimijamz3]

Patients for the newbie. LOL Hey guys I have a WL2000GSA6472 that crapped out, usually I can the only other 2 I have ever bought(mistake) this one the electric service here goes out if the wind blows the wrong way, my mistake of not backing up my data, it has family photos, my 2" thick of medical records scanned and thousands of dollars of recording and instrument software on it

Can I use a PCB board that is identical model number, or will the firmware be possibly different, and if so how do I tell what firmware is on it, it is not on the label and wont spin. Will Disc Checkup read the firmware? I am on a fixed income and any assistance would be appreciated. (Man, Living Is Sure Expensive, And The Alternative Sucks)

Oh forgot, taking it now to a friends house and see if it is recognized on another computer. Thanks Guys!

[arztt]

The WL2000GSA6472 should be a refurbished WD Black drive.
Whats the PCB number?

[jimijamz3]

Hey guys thanks, this drive has a corrupted operating system on it, and windows or other OS will not reg it, I cannot access with Gparted or Hirens Boot disc. I loaded live Ubuntu and it was able to see the drive and I am transferring things off of it, got all my Album art, photos, documents, It will take days to get the music software, mp3's and other apps. Let me know what you think about repairing the file system, would love for it to work, then just back up with it pull it and put it up. it does click sometimes, have not had a issue so pulling stuff off it.

I have Ultimate boot cd and Hiren's but know little about them, if their are any aps on these disc or others that could help me recover this drive. Here is the PCB 2061-771716-101 02PD1 XC DB05 0139 000413 1134

Thanks for all your help

[fzabkar]

I would clone your drive, sector by sector, using a tool that understands how to work around bad sectors (eg ddrescue). Then use data recovery software on the clone, if necessary.

BTW, your PCB number most often turns up in relation to a WD Caviar Green WD20EARS, eg ...

http://www.onepcbsolution.com/771716.html

WD's Green drives spin at 5400RPM, not 7200RPM. Therefore the "WL2000GSA6472" model name appears to be misrepresenting your drive's specs, namely 64MB cache and 7200RPM.

BTW, you initially stated that your drive didn't spin. Now you are saying that it does. Perhaps the PCB isn't consistently detecting the preamp due to corrosion at the HDA contacts. If so, then try gently cleaning the 20-pin contacts to the left of the ROM Chip with a soft pencil eraser.

http://ep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-44463692235217/771716-3.gif

Oxidisation on Western Digital PCBs:
http://malthus.zapto.org/viewtopic.php?t=649