dead HD?

overclucker · Jul 4, 2007

ok so this 200gb HD, it says it was made sep 14th 2003. And ive been getting HD controller errors for about 2 months now. Where the whole computer freezes. And this morning the whole computer just shut down. And when restart, it says Disk Read Error. Im running XP. So i attempted to do a repair on the disk. Couldnt read it. So i pulled it out, it was really hot to the touch. And when i shake it close to my ear, it sounds like something is loose like a DJ scratching a vinyl or something.

is it dead?

overclucker · Jul 4, 2007

overclucker said:
ok so this 200gb HD, it says it was made sep 14th 2003. And ive been getting HD controller errors for about 2 months now. Where the whole computer freezes. And this morning the whole computer just shut down. And when restart, it says Disk Read Error. Im running XP. So i attempted to do a repair on the disk. Couldnt read it. So i pulled it out, it was really hot to the touch. And when i shake it close to my ear, it sounds like something is loose like a DJ scratching a vinyl or something.

is it dead?

i hooked it up to a pci disk controller... it didnt read it either...guess its dead..

LutaWicasa · Jul 4, 2007

Yeah, I'd say so.
Generally if you can hear loose stuff in a HD...it's a paperwieght.

overclucker · Jul 4, 2007

LutaWicasa said:
Yeah, I'd say so.
Generally if you can hear loose stuff in a HD...it's a paperwieght.

luckly today is 4th of july... im gonna blow it up!

Murdochs_mad · Jul 5, 2007

Post the vid

Blowing stuff up if fun

overclucker · Jul 5, 2007

Murdochs_mad said:
Post the vid Blowing stuff up if fun

will do when i get my new spinpoint-t 500gbs in :santa:

overclucker · Jul 11, 2007

here ya go (-:

One Bull · Jul 12, 2007

hehe, ok that was funny

Murdochs_mad · Jul 12, 2007

ha ha ha

thats what I love about thermite - it burns

overclucker · Jul 12, 2007

yep at 4500F

Trike007 · Jul 15, 2007

haha. nice... and i was going to suggest putting it in the freezer as a last ditch effort. the fire was a much better idea. dayam. that thing is on fire!

sweet.

overclucker · Jul 15, 2007

freezer? im confused.

One Bull · Jul 17, 2007

Yeah broken hdd's tend to work after a night in the freezer. But only until they warm up, then they are broken for good. You could have saved some data

Sam__ · Jul 17, 2007

never heard that b4 lol how does that work? just cooling them?

Weary Memory · Jul 17, 2007

This method tends to work on older hard drives, not so much on newer models. The basic process by freezing the hard drive is it causes the components to shrink which can enable the track marker to align with the tracks again. I once had this method work back in about 1999 with Maxtor drive after freezing it for about 12 hours.

One Bull · Jul 17, 2007

Sam__ said:
never heard that b4 lol how does that work? just cooling them?

Yeah but you need to make sure you don't have any ice on the contacts..
Otherwise you just put it in the freezer for a night, connect it to your pc and start backing up like mad. It should work until the hdd warms up, so it doesn't have much time.

I used that method once, but after the hdd was warm it was lost for good..

overclucker · Jul 20, 2007

ohh thanks for telling me now! yeah i had some photos on there i wanted to keep... now they are gone! grr.... too bad meh.

heres the before and after pics.

AFTER:

maybe the freezer method will still work? :-/

pcmaker401 · Jul 23, 2007

WOW..blew that up pretty good there...any HD spirits come up? lol

overclucker · Jul 23, 2007

i saw alot of fire and smoke... if that counts

Automata · Jul 23, 2007

overclucker said:
maybe the freezer method will still work?

You never know until you try!!! I thought he was actually going to touch it!!!

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