i have an laptop IBM thingPad R30 With an hard disk travelStar 15GN with serial number : 12LD1905. the problel is that my disk is not detected in the bios (ver 1.28) and either the DFT software on ibm hitachi doesn't detect it automaticly or manualy and the error code is 0x200 failed fixed disk. so i Ask you what i have to do ?
note that i try the same with the software mhdd but the same thing the device is not detedted and not ready. ? ps help me ?

What are the symptoms of failure ?

Does the disk make any noise or there is no movement of the spindle ?

If there is no movement in the spindle than most probably its logic board failure. You can try to find a donor PCB. But if it is making noise, than don't connect the drive to computer next time, just run to a data recovery center near you.

regards

i think there is no movement of the spindle because when i power on the laptop we can hear it to try to spin but it stops