My computer is not reading my second HD. It keeps making a clicking sound, when I opened it, the drive arm (actuator) keeps going back & forth. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance roach -- roach_779 Asus P5N32-E SLI Core2Quad Q6600 4 GB ram evga 8800 GT KO Seagate Barracuda 500 GB Creative X-F1 Xtreme Gamer Fatal Pro Logitech Wave Keyboard and G5 Mouse Vista Ultimate 64
Buy a new drive. By opening the drive not only have you cancelled its warranty if any was active but you have also caused unfiltered air to get into the drive which due to extremely fine particles in the air would cause it not to operate properly even if you could fix the original problem with the drive which is probably due to a part failure on the drive's electronics unit. "roach_779" wrote in message news:0118b5e0042dd97e16b243ff455f3af6@nntp-gateway.com... > > My computer is not reading my second HD. It keeps making a clicking > sound, when I opened it, the drive arm (actuator) keeps going back & > forth. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance > > roach > > > -- > roach_779 > > Asus P5N32-E SLI > Core2Quad Q6600 > 4 GB ram > evga 8800 GT KO > Seagate Barracuda 500 GB > Creative X-F1 Xtreme Gamer Fatal Pro > Logitech Wave Keyboard and G5 Mouse > Vista Ultimate 64
On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 12:58:21 -0500, roach_779 wrote: > >My computer is not reading my second HD. It keeps making a clicking >sound, when I opened it, the drive arm (actuator) keeps going back & >forth. Disk is badly damaged, dying or is already dead. >Any suggestions? Pray. >Thanks in advance > >roach
RIP "roach_779" wrote in message news:0118b5e0042dd97e16b243ff455f3af6@nntp-gateway.com... > > My computer is not reading my second HD. It keeps making a clicking > sound, when I opened it, the drive arm (actuator) keeps going back & > forth. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance > > roach > > > -- > roach_779 > > Asus P5N32-E SLI > Core2Quad Q6600 > 4 GB ram > evga 8800 GT KO > Seagate Barracuda 500 GB > Creative X-F1 Xtreme Gamer Fatal Pro > Logitech Wave Keyboard and G5 Mouse > Vista Ultimate 64
lol Curious & DL. lol noob -- fuzor_silverbolt
Curious;768679 Wrote: > Buy a new drive. > By opening the drive not only have you cancelled its warranty if any > was > active but you have also caused unfiltered air to get into the drive > which > due to extremely fine particles in the air would cause it not to > operate > properly even if you could fix the original problem with the drive > which is > probably due to a part failure on the drive's electronics unit. > > "roach_779" wrote in message > news:0118b5e0042dd97e16b243ff455f3af6@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > > > > > > > > My computer is not reading my second HD. It keeps making a clicking > > > sound, when I opened it, the drive arm (actuator) keeps going back & > > > forth. > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > roach > > > > > > > > > -- > > > roach_779 > > > > > > Asus P5N32-E SLI > > > Core2Quad Q6600 > > > 4 GB ram > > > evga 8800 GT KO > > > Seagate Barracuda 500 GB > > > Creative X-F1 Xtreme Gamer Fatal Pro > > > Logitech Wave Keyboard and G5 Mouse > > > Vista Ultimate 64 > > HD actually died a long time ago. I was trying to see if I can get this HD (arm problem), and other drives that I have lying around, to work so I can extract files before I throw them away. When I opened it, I was hopping it would unjam something...one of my last attempt before I throw the drive away. If there are service out there that are able to extract files from HD that gone through a fire, I'm sure HD's platter is resilient enough to survive an open case...though I'm not that desperate to use such service. -- roach_779 Asus P5N32-E SLI Core2Quad Q6600 4 GB ram evga 8800 GT KO Seagate Barracuda 500 GB Creative X-F1 Xtreme Gamer Fatal Pro Logitech Wave Keyboard and G5 Mouse Vista Ultimate 64
"roach_779" wrote in message news:3c52207135f8bb0b95b68526180f1613@nntp-gateway.com... > > Curious;768679 Wrote: >> Buy a new drive. >> By opening the drive not only have you cancelled its warranty if any >> was >> active but you have also caused unfiltered air to get into the drive >> which >> due to extremely fine particles in the air would cause it not to >> operate >> properly even if you could fix the original problem with the drive >> which is >> probably due to a part failure on the drive's electronics unit. >> >> "roach_779" wrote in message >> news:0118b5e0042dd97e16b243ff455f3af6@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > > >> > > >> > > My computer is not reading my second HD. It keeps making a clicking >> > > sound, when I opened it, the drive arm (actuator) keeps going back & >> > > forth. >> > > >> > > Any suggestions? >> > > >> > > Thanks in advance >> > > >> > > roach >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > roach_779 >> > > >> > > Asus P5N32-E SLI >> > > Core2Quad Q6600 >> > > 4 GB ram >> > > evga 8800 GT KO >> > > Seagate Barracuda 500 GB >> > > Creative X-F1 Xtreme Gamer Fatal Pro >> > > Logitech Wave Keyboard and G5 Mouse >> > > Vista Ultimate 64 > > > > HD actually died a long time ago. I was trying to see if I can get this > HD (arm problem), and other drives that I have lying around, to work so > I can extract files before I throw them away. > > When I opened it, I was hopping it would unjam something...one of my > last attempt before I throw the drive away. > > If there are service out there that are able to extract files from HD > that gone through a fire, I'm sure HD's platter is resilient enough to > survive an open case...though I'm not that desperate to use such > service. > > > -- > roach_779 > > Asus P5N32-E SLI > Core2Quad Q6600 > 4 GB ram > evga 8800 GT KO > Seagate Barracuda 500 GB > Creative X-F1 Xtreme Gamer Fatal Pro > Logitech Wave Keyboard and G5 Mouse > Vista Ultimate 64 A local computer shop can advise you whether or not any data on any of the drives are recoverable. You can also buy very good recovery software from companies like OnTrack. The one thing you MUST do is stop trying to access the drives yourself. Every time you do you lessen the likelihood of any recovery.
I'll check that out...thanks! -- roach_779 Asus P5N32-E SLI Core2Quad Q6600 4 GB ram evga 8800 GT KO Seagate Barracuda 500 GB Creative X-F1 Xtreme Gamer Fatal Pro Logitech Wave Keyboard and G5 Mouse Vista Ultimate 64
I must concur with the others: opening the drive is a seriously bad idea if you want to get any data off it. In one of your posts you said "I'm sure the platter is resilient enough to survive an open case". Well, you're wrong! Did you know that the head flies so close to the disk that even a single particle of tobacco smoke can cause a head crash? OK, so you don't smoke, but the point is that the system is EXCEPTIONALLY sensitive to dust and dirt. I'm not saying you will damage the disk, I'm saying you're greatly increasing the risk of damage. When the data recovery companies open up a disk drive (which they do as a last resort), it's done in clean-room conditions. SteveT
