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Solve : PLEASE HELP! Another HD bites the dust... Or has it?? |
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Answer» Im praying someone can help - I know Im not the only one who has had this happen but I have just lost a serious amount of work... I bought a Western Digital Caviar 250GB from Novatech a while ago and its been fine. I got a new PC through today (ASUS P5L-VM 1394, Intel DualCore2 2.13ghz, 2gbRAM, 80GB Seagate) and installed my 2 hard drives that I had already (an older Seagate and the Western Digital). All are SATA II connected. On boot up the new and old Seagate worked fine but the WD suddenly didnt work.. It appears there is not even any power going through it? I put it back in my old machine and nothing... I have no idea why this would have happened - I was careful with it and had no prior signs of 'death' such as clicks etc... What can I do? I have 150GB on there I need back so badly! I have heard putting your HD in a fridge is a last resort (!) but I dont want to burn my bridges... Any ideas welcome please guys... :-( Quote n boot up the new and old Seagate worked fine but the WD suddenly didnt work.. It appears there is not even any power going through it? I put it back in my old machine and nothing What kind of PSU do you have installed? If you put the HDD in one machine, took it out, and it stopped working, chances are the PSU destroyed it. Oh man.. FSP Blue Storm II 500W? Quote from: AD on May 04, 2007, 06:31:02 PM
Have you diagnosed these HDD's? Sorry im not sure what you mean? Thanks for your quick replies, RAPTOR!Don't put it in the fridge.... I'm guessing a refrigeration unit. How are you powering the WD, through molex or SATA power? ( try the molex: out vice versa) Also, are the disk flying in there? .... I'd try to determine for a fact whether the disk are moving by feeling the side for vibrations.... then we can go from there. Also, that FSP PSU is a decent one for the money. 18 Amps on the +12v rails. I used to have one Ive tried the thin power connection and the clumpy one! I dont have the technical terminology sorry! Im 99.9% sure there is nothing going on - no vibration or anything.......... I am clueless now - no idea what to do mate.. Quote from: AD on May 04, 2007, 06:57:16 PM
FIND the diagnostic software for your HDD hereHi Raptor - yes ive tried this but its not much help because the HD isnt recognised..These are SATA, right? You need special diagnostic software for those, contact the manufacturer. Well yeah the Western Digital is SATA and the 'data lifeguard' software is hopeless. My other drives are fine its just this extra one which used to work perfectly... I can't figure out what has caused it to go wrong so suddenly..I would remove that drive and install it as the only drive in a known working machine with brand new power and sata connectors and see what happens...I have tried this and also using several different cables I had - old and new... Is it worth sending to someone to attempt to recover the data??$$$$$$$$$$$ Cha-Ching Yeah but I am prepared to pay to get some of the stuff back... Not too much though!! |
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