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July 25th, 2006, 06:49 AM
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80GB Hard Drive has stopped working
My friends 80GB hard drive was recently moved from his computer to another, but when the hard drive was attached to the other computer the bios did not pick it up or work.
However when he took it home it didnt work either. He then gave it to me and i have tested the hard drive. When attached to the computer the hard drive does not power up as you cannot hear the hard drive fan or anything. Is it possible that the power supply has gone? Can this be fixed?
Please help as this hard drive contains all his files.
Thanks
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July 25th, 2006, 07:13 AM
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There is no power supply in Harddrive! Are you saying when you stuck it in your computer Nothing happened . Did your computer work before you put drive in? Please more information to help you out.
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July 25th, 2006, 11:03 AM
#3
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The computer is working fine. When the power cord is stuck into the Hard drive from the CPU's power supply it makes no noise or anything. The bios does not pick it up and there is no hummimg noise.
What i meant was maybe the power part has gone bad? The 4 pins
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July 25th, 2006, 11:15 AM
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Power is integrated and cant be worked on seperately so likely the drive itself is toast.
This can sometimes happen if you connect the power when the computer is on
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July 25th, 2006, 05:51 PM
#5
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so how can i retrive all the files on the disk?
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July 25th, 2006, 06:41 PM
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Sometimes you can get the exact hard drive model and trade the circuit board.
I have only did this in the past with a fujitsu 3.2 GB hard drive.If you installed it
with the power on as Ferrit mentioned.........ZAP!!
A Data recovery company is expensive but,that is another route.
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July 26th, 2006, 05:17 AM
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but he didnt put the hard drive on while the power was still on, nothing else i can do then?
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July 26th, 2006, 05:52 AM
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If a known working 4 pin molex power plug from you PSU already working on an optical drive or whatever is plugged to the hard drive and it gets no power then......
One of the pins is bad,bent,solder came loose Etc.....
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July 26th, 2006, 08:47 AM
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I have just recently recovered all the data off a drive that wouldnt detect at all.
Its a long shot but the freezer trick can work.
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July 26th, 2006, 11:01 PM
#10
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Originally Posted by Ferrit
I have just recently recovered all the data off a drive that wouldnt detect at all.
Its a long shot but the freezer trick can work.
I love that trick, but I think his problem is a little more severe. Like it has been said, it is probably a blown circuit board or solder connection.
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