Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know if this works anymore, but in the old days (SCSI disks), I'd pull the circuit board off of a similar drive and replace the one on the dead drive with it. They had ribbon cables back then that were easy to detach and then re-connect somewhere else. It worked to save drives more often than not. I can't remember if the motors were dead when I did this. Daniel On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > There are two motors in an external hard drive like that. > The disk motor and the fan motor. > If the fan motor dies, or if the fan dies, or if the electronics die, your > data is safe but you'll have to work to get it off. > If the disk motor dies, it's a lot harder to get your data. > > > My recommendation would be to ignore the warranty and try to recover your > data. It's worth a lot more to you than the disk itself. I'd contact a disk > recovery company to see what they have to say. > > Seagate may have a data recovery service. I've never asked. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >