If the BIOS won't see the disk at all, that smells like the embedded controller is fried. If that's the case, you're out of luck without using a professional data recovery service that can pull the physical platter(s) out of the drive.
-- rk -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Kurt @ VR-FX Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 2:30 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] SATA Drive & a Dead PC... Everything seems to point to the HD. I have booted with the WinXP Pro-64 Install CD, and it runs, and it even begins the process to attempt to fix the HD - but, it won't see the HD. When I go into the Bios - again - it won't "See" the HD. I attempt to Auto Discover it - but, I get nothing. I connect my other HD - which is just Data - and it DOES see that HD. The bad HD, I listened to it starting up - as suggested here - and it spins up - and it does the clicking noises as it should - but, NOTHING after that... Am going to attempt to Try the Freezer trick today. -K- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/DF1EEF11E586A64FB54A97F22A8BD044217A164A95@ACKBWDDQH1.artfact.local ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
