After I read alot of a great useful things in here I have a question regarding my dead HD.. or actually half dead just right now, my HD is IBM deskstar 82GB, it was working but suddenly stopped and no spinning at all (dead) just like no power.. tried many things.. attached it to another computer with the same result and that was from more than 18 months, it was working sometimes a little then halt and back with the same issue till not working at all from that time and till now, but after reading how to reviving dead HDs, I tried to put it on my FREEZER but the same result not working, then I tried another thing, by hitting on it and droping it on the carpet a few times then attached it to the power cable and then!!! it’s spinning like charm (GREAT) I feel like my heart is spinning with it and glad to hear its voice again but the problem is it won’t be detect by the mother board and there’s some ugly sounds from the motor like.. start spinning but something hold the motor and won’t let him spin or there’s a break trying to stop the motor.. also like something stuck in there, please help me with this, as at least its start spinning, and I have also a question, can I open the HD cover and see what happened inside and what will happen if I do so?
I feel very disappointed and hope to make it working and backup my projects.
Thanks you very much for helping anyway