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Palex

Hello clever guys.
I've got Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA which suddenly just stopped working. I haven't touched it or anything, it just dissapeared one day and I only noticed a week or so later. If it is plugged in it takes ages for computer to boot up, and when it boots up, there is no sighn of that disk. I tried on another computer - the same. It is not detected by BIOS as well, not on my computer, not on another. Tried different cables as well. There is no visible damage on the PCB. I can hear the disk spinning, and there is no clicking sound in it. Actually there is only spinning sound inside, I am not sure wether the reading arm operates.
It was as a slave drive, no OS on it, only one partition.
Can anyone HELP me please, has anyone any IDEAS what should i try to do?
Seagate BArracuda 7200.10
ST3320620AS
S/N 5QF014A0
P/N: 9BJ14G-300
3.AAC
Site code WU
Any advice much appreciated.

Kit · Deadharddrive regular +2 Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 56

repair the hard disk or data recovery from it?

Palex · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject:

I wish I could do that. I tried a couple things, but I can not recover the data, because the disk isn't detected. Any advice on repair part?

Kit · Deadharddrive regular +2 Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 56

Obviously, your problem is likely to damage of sensitive information storage. Unfortunately, I doubt that you will be able to make your preferences proprietary information. If you need data, I think you should contact the companies involved in the restoration of information.

Palex · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:53 am Post subject:

Ye, I know what you mean, but the thing is I don't wanna pay 1000$ or even more for the data restoration, and this is the reason I think why this site exists, to share the problems and help each other out. And the data is not worth the money they gonna charge me, so I want to get it back myself. And the other thing is if the BIOS doesn't see my hard drive is there anytyhing else which could detect it? I used seatools and some other programs to see whether any of them can detect it, but none of them could, so I suppose a recovery program won't do anything, because it just won't see the drive...

Kit · Deadharddrive regular +2 Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 56

At you a difficult case also it is necessary to possess defined and an extensive knowledge what to cope with it. It is necessary to much to learn. You are ready to spend year of the life what can adjust this hard disk?

Palex · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:59 am Post subject:

You doesn't seem much of a help, I know all these things myself... if you don't have a solution or advice don't post s*it....

Palex · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:23 am Post subject:

Also does anyone knows if by replacing a PCB you replace SA? If SA is damaged and if I replace a board have i any chance it will work again?

harddrivespecialist · Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:04 pm Post subject:

SA is located on platters and no you won't fix it by replacing Board.
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Decoursm · Posted once Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Posts: 1

Palex having same issue. Drive just stopped working spins fine the bios will not recognize. Have you had any new developments. I will keep you up to date. Matt

Palex · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:13 am Post subject:

No guys still no luck, all I managed to get is that these particular series of hard disks aren't so reliable and coating comes off winchester or firmware does smthng. Data recovery is around 90%, but that obviuosly costs a fortune. STILL LOOKING FOR ANY ADVICE OR SOLUTION!!!!!!

ZombieSNiPER · Posted once Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Posts: 1

I have a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB SATA, and I have the same problem.

bios won't detect the hdd, but the hdd is spinning/vibrating.

I opened up my case, and I notice my 500GB hdd is spinning faster than my other hdd that is working in another computer.

I've tried connecting the bad hdd to a working computer, but it won't detect it either in the bios or at boot.

Is it dead? Should I get a SATA external case for the 500GB hdd to test? That way it wouldn't need to boot up to it? And if it doesn't see the hdd, it really is dead.

PhiW · Posted once Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Posts: 1

I have the 320gb drive discussed here and it has stopped being detected by my motherboard. I have a MSI K9A2 Platinum mobo. I have had several problems getting drives detected during boot. For some reason this drive continues to not be seen by the bios. I can connect it to an external adapter and it functions fine, but when connected to the on-board SATA connection it is not detected. This drive has been operating for several months-probably more than a year-to this point.

Try connecting your drive to an external usb adapter and see if it functions.

Palex · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:34 am Post subject:

Yeaah..tried USB - no difference, still not detected.