pkw111
08-28-08, 03:01 PM
"FSSHHLLRMMcc"
:bang head:bang head:bang head
That is the noise one of our hard drives started making the other day whenever we try to boot it up. It is making a new noise that I have never heard before. After making that noise a few times, the BIOS reports a 'disk error'. ****.
I really want to rescue all the music and photo's we have organized on there. It's a Maxtor 160 GB drive. I bought two of the same model at the same time from Newegg like 4 years ago. I have been toying with the idea of physically swapping the platters from the broken drive to the other one.
It's risky for sure! I have no faith in the remaining 160GB drive, so I don't care about destroying it. If I succeed, I get bragging rights for a long time. If I fail, then no big deal as it was kind of obvious I would fail, right?
What are my chances of success?
:bang head:bang head:bang head
That is the noise one of our hard drives started making the other day whenever we try to boot it up. It is making a new noise that I have never heard before. After making that noise a few times, the BIOS reports a 'disk error'. ****.
I really want to rescue all the music and photo's we have organized on there. It's a Maxtor 160 GB drive. I bought two of the same model at the same time from Newegg like 4 years ago. I have been toying with the idea of physically swapping the platters from the broken drive to the other one.
It's risky for sure! I have no faith in the remaining 160GB drive, so I don't care about destroying it. If I succeed, I get bragging rights for a long time. If I fail, then no big deal as it was kind of obvious I would fail, right?
What are my chances of success?