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Any other option to fix that drive?

Hi allen2 thank you for the informative and usefull answer! I've downloaded the systemrescuecd. How do I use that software for the repairing? What are the commands which I have to do? I typed wizard and chose the first option and get a grapic mode. What do I do now? Many Thanks!

Many Thanks again Peter. You really helped me alot! I will image the data and replace the hard drive.

Hi all, I have this hard drive http://img194.imageshack.us/i/maxtor1.jpg/ http://img388.imageshack.us/i/maxtor2.jpg/ http://img151.imageshack.us/i/maxtor3.jpg/ Which give me LBA 0 (very similar to the problem with 7200.11 LBA 0). I've set up the nokia cable for seagate and already mannaged to fix hard drive with 7200.11 LBA 0 problem. How can I fix that hard drive? I attached a picture which shows the pins of the hard drive. Where should I connect the RX and TX and GND of the CA-42 cable in order to fix the hard drive? Many Thanks!!

Hi all, By the guied here, I succeeded to fix my hard drive and get out all my data. Is it safe right to contiue and use the disk? Or should I back up all the data as fast as I can and through away the disk? Many Thanks!!

Finally succeeded!! Many Thanks to everyone!!

Hi Peter, I cracked the USB case, and same as can seen in the youtube video is my cable (exactly the same colors and the titles which say TX, RX, GND) How do I know if the com port is working?

Thank you Peter for the quick and usefull answer! I already did as you wrote here all the steps, again and again and the terminal does not respond for any thing! I start to belive that there is something wrong with my computer Any suggestions?

Hi all, I have seagate 7200.11 which shows me 0 LBA. I have bulid the com cable as can be seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29FztWJVxbM But nothing happan! How do I cheack the cable with internal loop or something like that? I have the exactly cable and I did exactly as the video shows but the terminal does not respond. Of course I have the driver for the cable. Any suggestions? Many Thanks!

I succeeded to image the data to another disk which I am sure that it is without any hardware problems. But after the image, the "new" disk cause to restarts exactly as the first one did. It's tell me that it is a logic problem. How do I fix that? Many Thanks!

R-Studio great software!! Solved my problem! Thanks! Great site! Thanks!

Hi, Thanks for the ansewr, but unfortunately it happend also when I try to boot in safe mode. Any other suggestions?

Hi all, I have 2.5 inch hard drive which I connect with IDE to SATA adaptor to the usb. Immediately after the connecting, the computer give a blue screen 0X0000000A and restart it self. The hard drive is out of it's case. How can I prevent the restarting and recover the data from that drive? I tried different computers and it restarts them all. Any suggestion? Many Thanks!

Hi all, After fixing the burnt parts from this hard drive http://www.msfn.org/board/replacement-pictures-t142900.html I succeeded with GetDataBack for NTFS to recover 60% of the data. But after this point the hard drive is getting hot and disconects. How can I contiue the recovering from sector 591.016.022 (and from the begining) while all the drive is about 947,XXX,XXX sectors? Is there any software which can recover data from a wanted sector and contiued to the end? I can't start the recovery from the start (sector 0), since after a while the drive is shut it self off. Many Thanks!!

Great spots! You really opened my eyes and help me to see what is necessarily to me right now. By the way, there are data recovery cheap tools which you are recommend me to buy? Best Regards,

Unfortunately it come without any disk. But I have a disk with Nokia PC suite. I tried to explorered inside the disk, but there is only an EXE file. It's the cable like in the guides (at least it looks like that - blue one). Where can I find this driver? Maybe the dutch guy have it? Best Regards,

Hi All, Someone wants to sell me tool kit for platters replacement for 600$ (including the shipping). Is it worth the money or not? Many Thanks!

Great things were been said here! I am a first year student of electricity and electronics engineering. It's interesting when we will get to the part of all what you said above here.. What tools are you recommend to me to get, for data recovery?

Hi All, I have WD hard drive 500GB which most of the time does not recognize by the bios. By connecting the hard drive with SATA to USB adaptor I succeeded to have access through GetMyDataBack for NTFS. Now the software is scanning the disk but I'm afraid that the hard drive will shut it self down or will be permanentlly damaged before the program finish the scanning. Should I let the software to scan the entire disk (8-10 hours) or to stop in the middle and move on to the recovery step (step 3) which does not recommended by the software? Does this scanning good for anything? Many Thanks!

Hi All, Hope that this is the right place to ask. I need the driver for the CA-42 cable (For the 7200.11 problem). I bought this one http://imshopping.rediff.com/shopping/pixs/2165/d/DataCable-CA42-01112005-025130.JPG It come without any driver. Can't find the driver anywhere. Please give me link to the driver Many Thanks!

Great knowledge ! How can I know what is gone on a pcb besides when it's so clear like in the picture? I mean, is there any technique or a multimeter which can help me to diagnose? Best Regards,

Since my crystal ball is again in the shop for tuning , I have to use I-CHING, that tell me: The weak element is above, the strong below; hence their powers attract each other, in your case the weak element is the PCB and the strong one is the HD, the general meaning is that you are doomed to success, but the road to reach it will not be easy. kaclaz I will try the replacment and return with updates Have A Good weekend everybody!

Hi guys, Many thanks for the informative and helpful answers! Keep help and give a hand to people who is in trouble I've got this pcb which belongs to a different HD model: http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/756/65367522.jpg Can I take the SMD resistor and diode from that one and replace with the burnt parts?

Hi All, I have this hard drive http://img168.imageshack.us/i/wd1p.jpg/ http://img687.imageshack.us/i/wd2l.jpg/ Those are the parts on the pcb which are burnt (can easily be seen) http://img405.imageshack.us/i/61707181.jpg/ http://img511.imageshack.us/i/25150457.jpg/ Where can I get those little parts? I want to fix that pcb by replacing the burnt chips. Mant Thanks!

Hi jaclaz, Many thanks for the informative answer! So to be sure, even though there are few differences with the numbers of this hard drive, for a pcb swap, this item: http://cgi.ebay.com/Western-Digital-WD5000AAKS-00YGA0-500Gb-SATA-DBRNHT2AAN_W0QQitemZ350332294797QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item51916e968d should be a good mutch for my hard drive? by the way, do you know any other cheaper way to get this pcb? Best Regards,