Dead HD

BippyM · 04 July 2007, 20:49

Hi guys

My Western Digital Caviar SATA HD (Model WD2000JD-00GBB0) has died completely.. One minute is was working hunky dory and the next completely dead.. No spinning up nothing..

I have tried connecting with diff power sources and it's the same.

It's imperitive I get this working, it contains 90% of my amiga stuff (150GB) including ISO's I didn't have backed up.. I don't care about tosec etc as that can be re-gotten!

Retro-Nerd · 04 July 2007, 20:54

Wow, a worst case scenario. That's terrible, bippy.

I'm a bit paranoid and do backups frequently. You don't activated the S.M.A.R.T. feature in your BIOS?

BippyM · 04 July 2007, 20:57

yeah it was activated

Retro-Nerd · 04 July 2007, 21:02

Never seen this in my life, fortunately. The most hard disks dies slowly.

DamienD · 04 July 2007, 21:06

Hmmm, not good at all when you say that it's not spinning up at all...

Was going to suggest plugging in another bootable HDD as the master (SATA or IDE if your motherboard supports it), then installing recovery software on this and trying to recover any data from the dodgy HDD.

If the drive is totally stuffed and won't power on / spin then... Well, used some data recovery specialist companies for work purposes but they can be expensive

BippyM · 04 July 2007, 21:08

I tried it in sata primary 0,1 and secondary 0,1. Tried diff power leads etc and nothing.. It just died..

Might be the controller board, though would need to find identical drive to check

DamienD · 04 July 2007, 21:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by bippym

Might be the controller board, though would need to find identical drive to check

Yeah could be...

Can't remember the exact name of the company we used at work when something like this happened but here's one if it comes down to that:

http://www.datarecoverydirect.co.uk/

Retro-Nerd · 04 July 2007, 21:14

Just read this in a german forum:

1. Get a second, absolutly identical, hard disk.
2. demount the controller from the dead hd
3. mount on the controller from the new hard disk and try to boot.

This works only if the controller is broken, otherwise it is like Damien said. You need to contact some data recovery specialist companies.

LOL, your was faster, bippy.

BippyM · 04 July 2007, 21:16

at £335 for the cheapest option I think i'll pass... I have seen the identical HD on ebay for £35 so might go for that in a few days

DamienD · 04 July 2007, 21:17

A similar problem in some random thread after Googling:

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forum...-dead-hdd.html

/me laughs at the original poster's reason on the above forum for wanting to get the data back so badly... "great collection of "

BippyM · 04 July 2007, 21:19

Also I have all this backed up on a HD at methanoids (hint hint)

Retro-Nerd · 04 July 2007, 21:19

Is this your hard disk?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Western-Digita...QQcmdZViewItem

lopos2000 · 04 July 2007, 21:21

Have you checked the power connector of the HD. I had a HD where the soldering point of the power connector was broken. Soldered it back on and the HD worked again.

Shoonay · 04 July 2007, 21:21

Damn, I've got a WD 300gb and Seagate 250gb SATA drives and one of'em is clicking randomly. Not very often, I usually hear a click sound - the same when turning the comp off - every 1-3 days. Both work perfectly all the time - after that click I usually go fast to my drives and browse a little deeper into the directories but they load normally...

Did you experience such clicking, Bippz?

BippyM · 04 July 2007, 21:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shoonay

Damn, I've got a WD 300gb and Seagate 250gb SATA drives and one of'em is clicking randomly. Not very often, I usually hear a click sound - the same when turning the comp off - every 1-3 days. Both work perfectly all the time - after that click I usually go fast to my drives and browse a little deeper into the directories but they load normally...

Did you experience such clicking, Bippz?

No it was working perfectly until earlier today.. I rebooted and it was gone

BippyM · 04 July 2007, 21:27

Has anyone ever had success with the Freezer trick? though I suspect it isn't that

twizzle · 04 July 2007, 21:29

just a long shot have you gone into device manager to see if its there still??
as it just might need re mounting

BippyM · 04 July 2007, 21:30

it's not recognised in the bios, says there is no drive and it is definatley not powering up, I put my ear next to it

BippyM · 04 July 2007, 21:40

Right i've taken the controller board off and there is no sign of any damage or over-heating (my pc is suitably cooled anyway).. so looks like it might be a lost cause!

twizzle · 04 July 2007, 21:41

what a bummer sounds like its a deadn

i learnt my lesson once, now i backup regulary ( cdrw & dvdrw)

sounds like you will have to buy that drive and try the swapping the curcuit board over.

04 July 2007, 20:49	#1
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Dead HD Hi guys My Western Digital Caviar SATA HD (Model WD2000JD-00GBB0) has died completely.. One minute is was working hunky dory and the next completely dead.. No spinning up nothing.. I have tried connecting with diff power sources and it's the same. It's imperitive I get this working, it contains 90% of my amiga stuff (150GB) including ISO's I didn't have backed up.. I don't care about tosec etc as that can be re-gotten!

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04 July 2007, 20:54	#2
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,455	Wow, a worst case scenario. That's terrible, bippy. I'm a bit paranoid and do backups frequently. You don't activated the S.M.A.R.T. feature in your BIOS?

04 July 2007, 20:57	#3
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	yeah it was activated

04 July 2007, 21:02	#4
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,455	Never seen this in my life, fortunately. The most hard disks dies slowly.

04 July 2007, 21:06	#5
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Hmmm, not good at all when you say that it's not spinning up at all... Was going to suggest plugging in another bootable HDD as the master (SATA or IDE if your motherboard supports it), then installing recovery software on this and trying to recover any data from the dodgy HDD. If the drive is totally stuffed and won't power on / spin then... Well, used some data recovery specialist companies for work purposes but they can be expensive

04 July 2007, 21:08	#6
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	I tried it in sata primary 0,1 and secondary 0,1. Tried diff power leads etc and nothing.. It just died.. Might be the controller board, though would need to find identical drive to check

04 July 2007, 21:14	#8
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,455	Just read this in a german forum: 1. Get a second, absolutly identical, hard disk. 2. demount the controller from the dead hd 3. mount on the controller from the new hard disk and try to boot. This works only if the controller is broken, otherwise it is like Damien said. You need to contact some data recovery specialist companies. LOL, your was faster, bippy.

04 July 2007, 21:16	#9
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	at £335 for the cheapest option I think i'll pass... I have seen the identical HD on ebay for £35 so might go for that in a few days

04 July 2007, 21:17	#10
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	A similar problem in some random thread after Googling: http://www.velocityreviews.com/forum...-dead-hdd.html /me laughs at the original poster's reason on the above forum for wanting to get the data back so badly... "great collection of "

04 July 2007, 21:19	#11
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Also I have all this backed up on a HD at methanoids (hint hint)

04 July 2007, 21:21	#13
lopos2000 Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cider is best In The West Posts: 1,238	Have you checked the power connector of the HD. I had a HD where the soldering point of the power connector was broken. Soldered it back on and the HD worked again.

04 July 2007, 21:21	#14
Shoonay Global Caturator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Porando Age: 43 Posts: 6,107	Damn, I've got a WD 300gb and Seagate 250gb SATA drives and one of'em is clicking randomly. Not very often, I usually hear a click sound - the same when turning the comp off - every 1-3 days. Both work perfectly all the time - after that click I usually go fast to my drives and browse a little deeper into the directories but they load normally... Did you experience such clicking, Bippz?

04 July 2007, 21:27	#16
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Has anyone ever had success with the Freezer trick? though I suspect it isn't that

04 July 2007, 21:29	#17
twizzle Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: taunton.som.uk Age: 73 Posts: 681	just a long shot have you gone into device manager to see if its there still?? as it just might need re mounting

04 July 2007, 21:30	#18
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	it's not recognised in the bios, says there is no drive and it is definatley not powering up, I put my ear next to it

04 July 2007, 21:40	#19
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Right i've taken the controller board off and there is no sign of any damage or over-heating (my pc is suitably cooled anyway).. so looks like it might be a lost cause!

04 July 2007, 21:41	#20
twizzle Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: taunton.som.uk Age: 73 Posts: 681	what a bummer sounds like its a deadn i learnt my lesson once, now i backup regulary ( cdrw & dvdrw) sounds like you will have to buy that drive and try the swapping the curcuit board over.

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