quick question

[JT1]

hy,
ive got a quick question, i have hdd with has been burned on the board underneath, one of the pins has got burnt from the chip, will it still work? all i need it to do is let me transfer all the data of it.

i have attached the picture, its not very good but i hope you can see the damage at least.

thanks again. :good:

 

[jevery]

Attach it as a secondary drive on a working computer and see if the BIOS recognizes it.

 

[pdc76]

if the data on your drive is important and it won't work, you can try buying an identical drive and switching the boards.

 

[JT1]

i have tried attaching it to a secondary drive but the drive is not spinning. if i try swapping the boards over, is there still a chance i cant retrieve my data of the hdd?

 

[pdc76]

it should work if the board went bad but the hard drive itself is not physically damaged. just make sure to get the exact model for replacement.

 

[bosing]

if the data on your drive is important and it won't work, you can try buying an identical drive and switching the boards.

Has this been done?
It might work but I guess it's really hard. You have to look for an identical one then get the board and put it on the old one, solder all those tiny wire carefully so as not to burn those small resistors, capacitors and chips errr! Good Luck!
If those datas are really important, I suggest sending the drive to a specialist who really do data recovery.

 

[JT1]

not yet, still trying to find the same hdd, i think i found one but the shops shut on saturday and sunday so i guess i will have to wait till monday. .

Thanks for all you help ppz

 

[Dystopia]

Looks like its just the board thats kapput, and replacing that should work.