Hard drive not working

swampydrill · 03-22-2008, 07:37 AM

I have a small 2.5" portable hard drive, the hard drive is a Hitachi HTS541612J9ATOO ATA/IDE model. My laptop suddenly does not recognise it even though the power light comes on, on the drive, have tried a different cable and hard drive but still does not work. I really need the information that is on the hard drive and would be grateful of some help.
Many Thanks

mexclain · 03-22-2008, 10:41 AM

That is your hard drive board problem. May be there is one IC is broken. Try check your ATA slot first, had the pin did glue to the board?

swampydrill · 03-22-2008, 02:09 PM

Managed to remove the hard drive from the case, all pins looked OK, gave it a wee tap and it eventually worked. Have managed to back up everything, learnt a lesson today regarding backing up, nearly lost 4 yrs work.

03-22-2008, 07:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
swampydrill Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 44 OS: xp	Hard drive not working I have a small 2.5" portable hard drive, the hard drive is a Hitachi HTS541612J9ATOO ATA/IDE model. My laptop suddenly does not recognise it even though the power light comes on, on the drive, have tried a different cable and hard drive but still does not work. I really need the information that is on the hard drive and would be grateful of some help. Many Thanks

03-22-2008, 10:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
mexclain Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 OS: WInXP	Re: Hard drive not working That is your hard drive board problem. May be there is one IC is broken. Try check your ATA slot first, had the pin did glue to the board? __________________ Printer Repair Solution @ prinrep.blogspot.com

03-22-2008, 02:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
swampydrill Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 44 OS: xp	Re: Hard drive not working Managed to remove the hard drive from the case, all pins looked OK, gave it a wee tap and it eventually worked. Have managed to back up everything, learnt a lesson today regarding backing up, nearly lost 4 yrs work.