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saintvice

Post subject: dropped hitachi drive

Posted: May 28th, 2009, 17:12

Joined: March 26th, 2009, 18:26
Posts: 20
Location: ghana

i just recieved an external drive its a hitachi 120gig 2.5'' ide. the story is it was on when they dropped it. now i connect it to doctor it comes to ready but when i click load from hdd it gives error. it seems to be spinning but cannt seem to get anything... i had to diagnose this on site so couldnt risk opening the drive....

any ideas what to do?

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BlackST

Post subject: Re: dropped hitachi drive

Posted: May 28th, 2009, 17:32

Joined: July 18th, 2006, 3:05
Posts: 7476
Location: ITALY

Open outside clean room? Not good idea. Take it to lab and do a proper diag. I think at least head damage, can be media problem and also motor (excessive vibration ?)...

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beto

Post subject: Re: dropped hitachi drive

Posted: May 28th, 2009, 22:25

Joined: October 21st, 2005, 0:45
Posts: 1517
Location: Mexico

u said come ready, so that means reach DRDY DSC?, what its the answer to the read sector command, ? ABRT, IDNF, UNC, AMNF, ?

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