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WatchNut · 11-21-2006, 10:17 AM

Hello All:

I was hoping one of the experts here can help with some advice. Last week, I made this post on the forums here:
Two week old computer no longer sees hard drive....please help

It appears that the actual circuit board attached to my 500MB Seagate SATA hard drive has crapped out after less than 2 weeks. Dell (I bought the computer from them) is sending a replacement drive. Since all my data is still on the first dead drive, could the circuit boards on the two drives be swapped easily in order for me to pull some of my data off the original drive? How complex a job is this, and how risky is it?

Thanks in advance for any assistance and advice. As an alternative, how can I completely and totally erase the faulty drive before returning it to Dell? I don't want them having access to my presonal data which is on that drive.

Again.....many thanks.

Regards,

Michael

11-21-2006, 10:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
WatchNut Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 12 OS: Windows XP	Seagate 500MB drive dead... Hello All: I was hoping one of the experts here can help with some advice. Last week, I made this post on the forums here: Two week old computer no longer sees hard drive....please help It appears that the actual circuit board attached to my 500MB Seagate SATA hard drive has crapped out after less than 2 weeks. Dell (I bought the computer from them) is sending a replacement drive. Since all my data is still on the first dead drive, could the circuit boards on the two drives be swapped easily in order for me to pull some of my data off the original drive? How complex a job is this, and how risky is it? Thanks in advance for any assistance and advice. As an alternative, how can I completely and totally erase the faulty drive before returning it to Dell? I don't want them having access to my presonal data which is on that drive. Again.....many thanks. Regards, Michael Last edited by WatchNut; 11-21-2006 at 10:25 AM.