Hardware
by jamesrl
The first thing to try would be to plug it in....assuming that does't work, try taking the disk out of the case and making it a slave internal drive on your system.
If that fails, you still have options.
A visual inspection should validate whether the controller board (green circuit board) on the drive is damaged. If it is, you can buy or find another identical drive and swap controllers.
HD recovery places can take the platters out in a clean environment and put them in a new drive. If you do that yourself, you risk contamination - dust etc. They do charge big $$.
James
by pfng772004
Thank you very much for your info. and I will try to accordingly.
Anyway, before I proceed... if there is "tak tak tak" sound coming from the said hard disk, do you think that I still need to do the checking as suggested?
Thanks again!
by jamesrl
That sound may be of a dead driver, or it may be a dying drive. Its certainly not healthy.
A data recovery company will be able to remove the platters. But they will charge hundreds or thousands of dollars.
James
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