Hi.Sorry this is in totally the wrong category but i really need some feedback.My friend's hard drive (Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 8 30Gb-not that it makes a difference)has lost a few pins from the ide connection gradually over the last six months or so.When it lost the first one or two it was still working perfectly but since it lost a third it has stopped booting.I have tried to reinstall windows (xp pro) on it for him and it will recognise and format the drive and do the early stages of the installation but after the first restart the drive won't boot.
Unfortunately, as an OEM drive, it is past its 1 year warranty with the vendor and, while i am going to try to get Maxtor to replace it, i very much doubt they will.My friend really cannot afford a new drive.
So...has anyone found any ingenious ways to make new pins for a hard drive or to fool it into thinking they are there(for example by filling the corresponding holes on the IDE cable)?Any bright ideas or wild suggestions would be great.
no matter how hard you try, you can't polish a turd. :]
Unfortunately, as an OEM drive, it is past its 1 year warranty with the vendor and, while i am going to try to get Maxtor to replace it, i very much doubt they will.My friend really cannot afford a new drive.
So...has anyone found any ingenious ways to make new pins for a hard drive or to fool it into thinking they are there(for example by filling the corresponding holes on the IDE cable)?Any bright ideas or wild suggestions would be great.
no matter how hard you try, you can't polish a turd. :]
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