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sunblock90 · 04-09-2008, 07:05 PM

I have a 250gb Hitachi Deskstar drive that stopped functioning completely. It has a music collection of about 200gb that was given to me on it, so I am doing my best to recover it. Before it died, I was able to get some data off of it by plugging it in to 110volts, and then unplugging it seveal times. I finally ordered a used drive off the internet with an identical serial number. The boards inside also have identicla numbers on the chips etc. I am using the power supply and board etc from the guts of the iomega housing. The platters are intact and it spins at full speed. I thought it was the board or the arms, so I put in the parts from the new drive. No luck. When I plug it in, my computer recognizes it as a faulty usb device, and the arms snap back and forth continuosly. Iomega gave me a price of $1,000 to recover the data which is not worth it.
Any suggestions?

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sunblock90 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3 OS: vista	Dead Hitachi Deskstar 250gb Iomega external drive I have a 250gb Hitachi Deskstar drive that stopped functioning completely. It has a music collection of about 200gb that was given to me on it, so I am doing my best to recover it. Before it died, I was able to get some data off of it by plugging it in to 110volts, and then unplugging it seveal times. I finally ordered a used drive off the internet with an identical serial number. The boards inside also have identicla numbers on the chips etc. I am using the power supply and board etc from the guts of the iomega housing. The platters are intact and it spins at full speed. I thought it was the board or the arms, so I put in the parts from the new drive. No luck. When I plug it in, my computer recognizes it as a faulty usb device, and the arms snap back and forth continuosly. Iomega gave me a price of $1,000 to recover the data which is not worth it. Any suggestions?