Good day all,
and great to find a forum dedicated to HDD repairs.
The HD I had in my laptop, a TOSHIBA 80GB one day stopped working normaly. The disk when cold can work for 5-10 minutes and then dissapears from the system. I made several attempts and I managed to get my data so the next solution is to throw the disk away.

However I was thinking if its possible to repair it (hardware). This symptom (of working for 5-10min and then stops) certainly says something to experts and possibly I could possibly do something to repair it (change a head, change a capacitor)?

Any idea my friends? Anything I can do apart from throwing it away?

I'd say just throw it away...
You were lucky enough and got your Data, that's important.

Most Toshibas have problem with the motor which is not fixable.

With the tosh HDDs, the problem is usually the fluid bearing, rather than the motor itself.

They seem to stiffen up as the lubricant fails.

Can fix temporarily by drilling and replacing lubricant, but strictly for data recovery purposes. You will NEVER get this drive to work reliably again.


Forget it!!!


Sean