Hard Drive Failure

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BeNiNuK

Oct 2 2004, 08:57 AM

HELP!
my dad turned my power off at the switch yesterday and it was off for about 5 mins, came back in l8r that night turned my pc on, noticed it was going slow, went into bios and noticed only 2 of my hard drives was detecting, and my 120gig Western digital wasnt, i ave tried it on diffrerent pcs and it wont detect. Does any 1 kno how i can recover the information from this drive cos it had lots of information that was needed on. PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!

thanks ben

kbnet

Oct 2 2004, 10:48 AM

If its not detecting the drive in the BIOS then i think your going to be out of luck. I would recommend taking out all the other hard disks and drives then just put in your 120GB, set it to master and see if the BIOS will detect it.
Once you've detected the drive getting the data off isnt too much of a difficult chore provided it isnt totally ruined.
Good luck.

thend

Oct 2 2004, 10:55 AM

Can you hear if it is spinning if not my sugestion is to find the electronic board from the another same disk, and replace it ofcourse if platers inside are not damaged

BeNiNuK

Oct 3 2004, 10:11 AM

yeha it sounds like there is no power in the disk. cos u cant hear it working like u can with my others

ninar12

Oct 3 2004, 01:28 PM

is it a raid system ?

BeNiNuK

Oct 3 2004, 05:55 PM

no Western Digital IDE 7200rpm

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Help - Search - Member List - Calendar Full Version: Hard Drive Failure GovernmentSecurity.org > The Archives > General Network Security BeNiNuK Oct 2 2004, 08:57 AM HELP! my dad turned my power off at the switch yesterday and it was off for about 5 mins, came back in l8r that night turned my pc on, noticed it was going slow, went into bios and noticed only 2 of my hard drives was detecting, and my 120gig Western digital wasnt, i ave tried it on diffrerent pcs and it wont detect. Does any 1 kno how i can recover the information from this drive cos it had lots of information that was needed on. PLEASE PLEASE HELP!! thanks ben kbnet Oct 2 2004, 10:48 AM If its not detecting the drive in the BIOS then i think your going to be out of luck. I would recommend taking out all the other hard disks and drives then just put in your 120GB, set it to master and see if the BIOS will detect it. Once you've detected the drive getting the data off isnt too much of a difficult chore provided it isnt totally ruined. Good luck. thend Oct 2 2004, 10:55 AM Can you hear if it is spinning if not my sugestion is to find the electronic board from the another same disk, and replace it ofcourse if platers inside are not damaged BeNiNuK Oct 3 2004, 10:11 AM yeha it sounds like there is no power in the disk. cos u cant hear it working like u can with my others ninar12 Oct 3 2004, 01:28 PM is it a raid system ? BeNiNuK Oct 3 2004, 05:55 PM no Western Digital IDE 7200rpm This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.