Bad Hard Drive?..

bedectalf · 12-15-2008, 09:53 PM

Hi, my old Seagate 20GB hard drive has some important files. just recently i pluged it as a slave and it wont work. the BIOS didnt detect it then i noticed its not vibrating. i think theres no power supplying it. i checked the cables and it worked fine. i even tested it on other computers but still no use. if it is busted how will i recover the data files inside it?. thanks for any anwers

**raptor_pa** · 12-16-2008, 04:03 AM

Could be a couple of hings, bad PCB or seized motor. Bad PCB you could try a board swap with a matching donor drive. In addition to matching Model numbers, place of manufacture, firmware revisions, and as close as possible to same date WD specific info for selecting donors is
DCM codes for the (5th??? And) 6th numbers must match.

No Western Digital drives with the letter R in the code. EB and BB models.

Western Digital Drives EB and BB have the head stack affixed from the lid.

Western Digital the sixth char in the model is the cache. U = 2meg V=8meg

If it is a seized motor, then there is no home fix. Seized motor would require disassembly in a clean room and moving the platters to a suitable donor.

12-15-2008, 09:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
bedectalf Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp sp2	Bad Hard Drive?.. Hi, my old Seagate 20GB hard drive has some important files. just recently i pluged it as a slave and it wont work. the BIOS didnt detect it then i noticed its not vibrating. i think theres no power supplying it. i checked the cables and it worked fine. i even tested it on other computers but still no use. if it is busted how will i recover the data files inside it?. thanks for any anwers

12-16-2008, 04:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 2,827 OS: XP	Re: Bad Hard Drive?.. Could be a couple of hings, bad PCB or seized motor. Bad PCB you could try a board swap with a matching donor drive. In addition to matching Model numbers, place of manufacture, firmware revisions, and as close as possible to same date WD specific info for selecting donors is DCM codes for the (5th??? And) 6th numbers must match. No Western Digital drives with the letter R in the code. EB and BB models. Western Digital Drives EB and BB have the head stack affixed from the lid. Western Digital the sixth char in the model is the cache. U = 2meg V=8meg If it is a seized motor, then there is no home fix. Seized motor would require disassembly in a clean room and moving the platters to a suitable donor.