Hitachi Down!!!

[starshooter10]

i got a hitachi 80Gb HD with SUPER important data that cannot be lost (but isn't quite worth 4k$ from drive savers)


when it powers up i hear it do it's typical clicking and then it parks itself...

*repeat

*repeat


and so on....

so if i manage to track down the same size/model can i X-fer controller boards and get my data off?

VAP

[cauzomb]

yes you can change the circuit boards if they are the same parts, no telling if this will work or not, I've done it before, even had a drive that needed help with the read heads, they were loose or something, holding my finger on the read heads dampened the slop/shock long enough to get my data off the drive. Check your cable connections before doing surgery though.

[starshooter10]

i've put the drive into 4 differant computers

i don't know what's making it goto park and try to boot agein....

but i don't really have the $$ to buy an out dated HDD

at the same time though i do NEED the data

[cauzomb]

Gotta backup the important stuff, drive crash=suck! ~

take a peak on ebay, you could get a few of them for cheap..

[acruxksa]

Have you tried Spinrite? Not sure if it would help, but at this point anything short of opening the drive up would be preferred.

[starshooter10]

it' won't show up