Hey everyone!
So I recently made the stupid mistake of plugging in the wrong AC adapter to my external hard drive, frying the PCB. I went and ordered an identical Hard Drive [Samsung ST4000DM000], and was hoping to swap out the PCB, and replace the firmware chip.
I've encountered a few issues so far:
For starters, the PCB firmwares don't match [identical drives, different manufacturing dates, etc], so I'm most likely going to have to order from a PCB website [I've found the identical model here.
I attempted to swap the PCBs anyways [probably a foolish move], and the hard drive spun up and was recognized by my computer! Granted, of course, it appeared as a non-forumated drive, and my PC wanted me to format it before using it.
My question is:
if I were to perform a quick format to render the drive usable...would it be possible to use data recovery software to pull what I need off the drive? Or would I be better off just waiting a few weeks to have the PCB sent back and forth and getting the firmware chip swapped?
Thank you in advance for all your help!
So I recently made the stupid mistake of plugging in the wrong AC adapter to my external hard drive, frying the PCB. I went and ordered an identical Hard Drive [Samsung ST4000DM000], and was hoping to swap out the PCB, and replace the firmware chip.
I've encountered a few issues so far:
For starters, the PCB firmwares don't match [identical drives, different manufacturing dates, etc], so I'm most likely going to have to order from a PCB website [I've found the identical model here.
I attempted to swap the PCBs anyways [probably a foolish move], and the hard drive spun up and was recognized by my computer! Granted, of course, it appeared as a non-forumated drive, and my PC wanted me to format it before using it.
My question is:
if I were to perform a quick format to render the drive usable...would it be possible to use data recovery software to pull what I need off the drive? Or would I be better off just waiting a few weeks to have the PCB sent back and forth and getting the firmware chip swapped?
Thank you in advance for all your help!
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