Kurt wrote:
You might try the freezer trick.
Bag the drive securely against moisture, put it in the freezer for
several hours, then put it back in the machine while still very cold,
and see if it responds. If it does, get the data you need from it
quickly.
You may require several attempts to get al
Paul wrote:
Henrik W Lund wrote:
Has anyone got any clue as to what may have happened, and how one can
go about accessing the drive?
Take the electronics board from a similar drive and use it to run your
bad drive.
Does the drive at least spin up?
Yes, the drive spins up perfectly. Sadly, it's
it was said:
>It was working fine and then one day: power down -
>power up - *poof* the harddrive is gone from the BIOS
>POST.
>
>I've tried exchanging IDE cables, putting it on a
>different controller, even a different PC, but it
>will not be detected. I can hear it spin up all
>right, so I know
Greetings list!
Sorry for the OT post, but this is about the only place I know where
people may have an answer to my problem. See, I have a hard drive that
refuses to be detected by the BIOS. It was working fine and then one
day: power down - power up - *poof* the harddrive is gone from the BIOS
Hey *,
A couple weeks ago I posted some error code and someone said it
was probably a dying hard drive. I believe he was correct and
that the drive is actively getting worse (it's in a "lights-out"
center in another state so I wish I could poke at it but I
can't). I'm hoping someone can confirm
