Is my Hard Drive dead?
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).Sorry OP.
If the value of the contents is a few hours work and old car pics then by all means have a go. I am not sure that a chip like the one in the links referenced above will be found on a laptop hard drive because they're a lot smaller than those desktop size drives pictured in the info linked. You don't want to start desoldering random chips if there's any doubt about which is the right one as its a bit of a kill or cure type deal.
Make an assessment about the value of the contents and get a few quotes from professional services then decide how you want to move forwards. One place I've used before is called DataWreck in Stoke, they're small and at the cheaper end but they're good guys. I had someone send a drive off to umpteen different places once usually paying a fee for analysis each time and DW were the one place that actually took the time to call directly, and explain that the drive literally only contained a pile of scored platters and dust and they were wasting their time pimping it round. OK not an ideal result but they were the only ones to take the time rather than just firing it back with a 'no'.
If the value of the contents is a few hours work and old car pics then by all means have a go. I am not sure that a chip like the one in the links referenced above will be found on a laptop hard drive because they're a lot smaller than those desktop size drives pictured in the info linked. You don't want to start desoldering random chips if there's any doubt about which is the right one as its a bit of a kill or cure type deal.
Make an assessment about the value of the contents and get a few quotes from professional services then decide how you want to move forwards. One place I've used before is called DataWreck in Stoke, they're small and at the cheaper end but they're good guys. I had someone send a drive off to umpteen different places once usually paying a fee for analysis each time and DW were the one place that actually took the time to call directly, and explain that the drive literally only contained a pile of scored platters and dust and they were wasting their time pimping it round. OK not an ideal result but they were the only ones to take the time rather than just firing it back with a 'no'.
buggalugs said:
Sorry OP.
If the value of the contents is a few hours work and old car pics then by all means have a go. I am not sure that a chip like the one in the links referenced above will be found on a laptop hard drive because they're a lot smaller than those desktop size drives pictured in the info linked. You don't want to start desoldering random chips if there's any doubt about which is the right one as its a bit of a kill or cure type deal.
Not to get into another round of pushing, but skim back through the thread. He's already bought a near-identical replacement board from a near-identical product. The chip transplant is a recognised method. I don't quite see what he can do any better.If the value of the contents is a few hours work and old car pics then by all means have a go. I am not sure that a chip like the one in the links referenced above will be found on a laptop hard drive because they're a lot smaller than those desktop size drives pictured in the info linked. You don't want to start desoldering random chips if there's any doubt about which is the right one as its a bit of a kill or cure type deal.
trashbat said:
ot to get into another round of pushing, but skim back through the thread. He's already bought a near-identical replacement board from a near-identical product. The chip transplant is a recognised method. I don't quite see what he can do any better.
The above is correct - At this stage Data Recovery is not the issueA Hard Drive PCB swap/repair is the job in hand
The article below seems to verify what I thought may happen if replacing the PCB without swapping the NVRAM
http://hdat2.createforumhosting.com/data-recovery-...
Below is a copy and paste from the above link
Do not swap the PCBs because on most of those Hitachi drives you will also need to SWAP the NVRam chip on the PCB. It's particullar important because if you place a donnor PCB on the "damaged" drive there are chances that donnor PCB NVRam get's "altered" or "locked" and when you place the pcb back to the good donnor drive if might not work any more
This job is straight forward, the OP just needs someone to replace the PCB NVRAM
Data Decovery Companies are charging far too much money these days and there is no doubt that many Hard Drives sent away for Data Recovery do not require this procedure - Many hard Drives that have failed will only need a repair job done on them by a computer repair shop
All the below are charging far too much money
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Take your Hard Drive to a computer repair shop and ask them to replace the NVRAM, this is a very simple job
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trashbat said:
buggalugs said:
Sorry OP.
If the value of the contents is a few hours work and old car pics then by all means have a go. I am not sure that a chip like the one in the links referenced above will be found on a laptop hard drive because they're a lot smaller than those desktop size drives pictured in the info linked. You don't want to start desoldering random chips if there's any doubt about which is the right one as its a bit of a kill or cure type deal.
Not to get into another round of pushing, but skim back through the thread. He's already bought a near-identical replacement board from a near-identical product. The chip transplant is a recognised method. I don't quite see what he can do any better.If the value of the contents is a few hours work and old car pics then by all means have a go. I am not sure that a chip like the one in the links referenced above will be found on a laptop hard drive because they're a lot smaller than those desktop size drives pictured in the info linked. You don't want to start desoldering random chips if there's any doubt about which is the right one as its a bit of a kill or cure type deal.
.While I can understand you will be wary of Hitachi Drives, you should find BackBlaze experience this informative.
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/what-hard-drive-sho...
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