Hard drive arm keeps going back&forth

Curious;768679 Wrote:

> Buy a new drive
> By opening the drive not only have you cancelled its warranty if an
> wa
> active but you have also caused unfiltered air to get into the driv
> whic
> due to extremely fine particles in the air would cause it not t
> operat
> properly even if you could fix the original problem with the driv
> which i
> probably due to a part failure on the drive's electronics unit
>
> "roach_779" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in messag
> news:0118b5e0042dd97e16b243ff455f3af6@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > >

> >

> > > My computer is not reading my second HD. It keeps making a clickin
> > > sound, when I opened it, the drive arm (actuator) keeps going back
> > > forth

> >

> > > Any suggestions

> >

> > > Thanks in advanc

> >

> > > roac

> >
> >

> > > -
> > > roach_77

> >

> > > Asus P5N32-E SL
> > > Core2Quad Q660
> > > 4 GB ra
> > > evga 8800 GT K
> > > Seagate Barracuda 500 G
> > > Creative X-F1 Xtreme Gamer Fatal Pr
> > > Logitech Wave Keyboard and G5 Mous
> > > Vista Ultimate 64 > >

HD actually died a long time ago. I was trying to see if I can get thi
HD (arm problem), and other drives that I have lying around, to work s
I can extract files before I throw them away.

When I opened it, I was hopping it would unjam something...one of m
last attempt before I throw the drive away

If there are service out there that are able to extract files from H
that gone through a fire, I'm sure HD's platter is resilient enough t
survive an open case...though I'm not that desperate to use suc
service

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roach_77

Asus P5N32-E SL
Core2Quad Q660
4 GB ra
evga 8800 GT K
Seagate Barracuda 500 G
Creative X-F1 Xtreme Gamer Fatal Pr
Logitech Wave Keyboard and G5 Mous
Vista Ultimate 64

"roach_779" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> 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" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> 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!


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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 <guest@unknown-email.com>
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" <guest@unknown-email.com> 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 noo

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fuzor_silverbolt

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