So here's what I'm dealing with. Computer was working fine. I shut it down normally and the next day when powering it up it can no longer find the HD to boot from. Looking in the BIOS, I see it's not detecting the HD any more. I put another drive in the computer and it detects and boots up just fine.
So, I hooked the "bad" Western Digital Raptor 150GB drive up via a USB - SATA adapter and it spins up and clicks once, but doesn't show up this way either.
I don't need the drive, but would like to get some of my family pictures off before trashing it.
Any suggestions on what the problem with this drive might be? It powers up but won't communicate. My first thought was that the board might be bad. I was only able to find one other drive on the web that has the same "2060-701384-002 REV P1" etched on the PCB.
I didn't notice anything noticably burnt or damaged. It hasn't been dropped or anything. Should I try just cleaning the PCB surface?
What are the odds that swapping the PCB would fix my problem?
Do I have any other options other than shipping it off to a data recovery company? The data I want is certainly not worth the $1000 - $1500 some of these places are quoting.
Here's a little more detail on the drive:
Western Digital 150GB
MDL :WD1500ADFD-00NLR1
DATE : 28 FEB 2006
DCM : HBCA2AB
LBA : 293046768
PWB : 2060-701384-002 REV P1
Sticker on PCB : 2061-701384-890 AC XW 3A09 YM0K 0 0005331 6335
Thank you for any help you could provide... :smile:
So, I hooked the "bad" Western Digital Raptor 150GB drive up via a USB - SATA adapter and it spins up and clicks once, but doesn't show up this way either.
I don't need the drive, but would like to get some of my family pictures off before trashing it.
Any suggestions on what the problem with this drive might be? It powers up but won't communicate. My first thought was that the board might be bad. I was only able to find one other drive on the web that has the same "2060-701384-002 REV P1" etched on the PCB.
I didn't notice anything noticably burnt or damaged. It hasn't been dropped or anything. Should I try just cleaning the PCB surface?
What are the odds that swapping the PCB would fix my problem?
Do I have any other options other than shipping it off to a data recovery company? The data I want is certainly not worth the $1000 - $1500 some of these places are quoting.
Here's a little more detail on the drive:
Western Digital 150GB
MDL :WD1500ADFD-00NLR1
DATE : 28 FEB 2006
DCM : HBCA2AB
LBA : 293046768
PWB : 2060-701384-002 REV P1
Sticker on PCB : 2061-701384-890 AC XW 3A09 YM0K 0 0005331 6335
Thank you for any help you could provide... :smile: