Hard disk failed - head crash
By vinit_1791
@vinit_1791 (29)
India
June 8, 2010 1:02am CST
Hey friends help me out of this please
last night my hard disk failed due to head crash...when i connected it a sound like 'tik tik tik....' is coming.....most importantly my all data was on this HDD. actually i was 2 '40 GB' IDE hard disks one for OS and one for my all data but unfortunately the one having whole data had failed .....can anyone please tell me how can i recover my data by any means coz my all pics , family function videos, music softwares and everythig was in that harg disk.....is it possible to read HDD if i change its PCB....please help friends otherwise my brother will kil me i need the data before he comes so plssss
3 responses
@rosdimy (3926)
• Malaysia
8 Jun 10
One extreme solution is to wrap the affected HDD carefully, and leave it in the freezer for a few hours. Then reconnect the HDD to the system. It has been reported that in many cases this works, and gives the user a few hours grace to backup the data, before the HDD goes to sleep forever. You can try using a search on this issue, using keywords like 'deep freezing a HDD'.
@rosdimy (3926)
• Malaysia
8 Jun 10
A ticking sound usually indicates a physical failure of the HDD. Based on the information given the most probable cause is the heawt generated from the spinning platters. If heaet is the cause then changing cables usually does not work. Giving the HDD another knock will usually add to the problem.
Deep freezing causes the material to realign. That is why if the HDD is wrapped and sealed properly, and frozen for at leasr 12 hours, this method is the winner.
@micke31479 (79)
• United States
8 Jun 10
that onley works on 2% dorping it on the floor has ben reported to work but it usley dont some times just switch cables will work for a week onley shore way is to have a clean room and rebild it
@markiy071384 (241)
• Philippines
8 Jun 10
Buy new hard disk. Format it and install operating system. After installing, attached the damaged hard disk into the computer. Make it slave and copy the files from it using the new hard disk. It the damaged hard disk is not working, try to replace the pcb if you have available.
@vinit_1791 (29)
• India
8 Jun 10
hey thanks markiy071384
i have already treid this using this HDD as slave HDD but its not working....if i change the pcb will it work coz ifthe head is scratching the disk, i dont think it will read the total data
@NashOwens (5)
•
3 Aug 11
Remove the hard drive and put it into an enclosure.Plug it into another computer as a slave.Then you can copy your files off it.
If it shows up in 'my computer' as a drive letter but you can't access your data,you can recover you data with 3rd party data recovery software.I have a professional program on my computer that can recover data after deeply scan your hard drive to look for lost data due to drive crash, system sabotage, virus attack etc.You can get it from http://www.any-data-recovery.com/recover-data-from-hard-drive.htm
