- Mar 4, 2016
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I have a 500gb WD HDD that's very old, and a friend of mine was using it and ended up doing something to the account of formatting the drive, and then unplugging it mid-format. I still have information I HAVE to have off of it, and I cannot afford a professional recovery service.
When I plug it into a computer it doesn't register at all, even in disk management. It makes popping noises and gets very loud when I plug it in.
I need to know if a platter transfer, or replacing the board would have any chance of fixing it long enough to get the data I need back.
Update:
Here is the link to the picture of the PCB:
http://imgur.com/37eml6o
"Popping noises" might be the wrong way to explain it. It's more like someone is tapping the hdd cover from the inside with their fingernail.
And if I need to replace parts/platter and need a cleanroom I would do something similar to this if I had to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPEa0Wc9iUc
When I plug it into a computer it doesn't register at all, even in disk management. It makes popping noises and gets very loud when I plug it in.
I need to know if a platter transfer, or replacing the board would have any chance of fixing it long enough to get the data I need back.
Update:
Here is the link to the picture of the PCB:
http://imgur.com/37eml6o
"Popping noises" might be the wrong way to explain it. It's more like someone is tapping the hdd cover from the inside with their fingernail.
And if I need to replace parts/platter and need a cleanroom I would do something similar to this if I had to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPEa0Wc9iUc
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