Hi guys. Pretty common story, external USB hard drive dropped and isn't recognised anymore. If you think interpreting the symptoms may help, please please take a look below. I'm grasping at straws here.
However my question is: Would you believe it viable to disassemble the HDD casing beneath a laminar flow hood and inspect the platter for damage, or connect it to a PC and observe any obviously bad head behaviour? These hoods are used for sterile work in biomedical research, so dust should not really be a problem. Just wondering if anyone has experience in this matter. I'm fairly good at repairing all kinds of stuff but this would be a first timer.
-I actually used a stethoscope to listen to the sounds it makes, the disk spins up and continues to do so without any clicking.
-Windows recognises a device being plugged in (the characteristic sound plays) however no drive is displayed. WD utilities does not recognise it either.
-The Led flashes continuously.
- It was dropped by a colleque and I was informed only AFTER it failed 2 days later, so I fear it succumbed to damage induced after the head got misaligned or something similar. Would I be able to ascertain any such physical damage by simply inspecting the platter?
Thank you so much for any input, I'm close to a nervous breakdown.
However my question is: Would you believe it viable to disassemble the HDD casing beneath a laminar flow hood and inspect the platter for damage, or connect it to a PC and observe any obviously bad head behaviour? These hoods are used for sterile work in biomedical research, so dust should not really be a problem. Just wondering if anyone has experience in this matter. I'm fairly good at repairing all kinds of stuff but this would be a first timer.
-I actually used a stethoscope to listen to the sounds it makes, the disk spins up and continues to do so without any clicking.
-Windows recognises a device being plugged in (the characteristic sound plays) however no drive is displayed. WD utilities does not recognise it either.
-The Led flashes continuously.
- It was dropped by a colleque and I was informed only AFTER it failed 2 days later, so I fear it succumbed to damage induced after the head got misaligned or something similar. Would I be able to ascertain any such physical damage by simply inspecting the platter?
Thank you so much for any input, I'm close to a nervous breakdown.
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