Dead hard drive

[Fortuloco]

Hey all...my hard drive is completely dead...not recognised in BIOS and doesnt make any sound..Is there any way i can recover the files somehow?? (Opening it up maybe).

 

[USAFRet]

Do not open it. Ever.
Get a new drive and rebuild your system. Then, maybe connect that dead thing as a secondary and see what you can pull off it if anything.
If it's not recognized in the BIOS, either it is a bad cable, bad motherboard port, or a bad drive.
But the more you mess with a potentially bad drive, the smaller your chances of getting anything off of it.

The best choice is to simply buy a new drive, rebuild the system, and get your data from whatever backup you have.

 

[Fortuloco]

Do not open it. Ever.
Get a new drive and rebuild your system. Then, maybe connect that dead thing as a secondary and see what you can pull off it if anything.
If it's not recognized in the BIOS, either it is a bad cable, bad motherboard port, or a bad drive.
But the more you mess with a potentially bad drive, the smaller your chances of getting anything off of it.

The best choice is to simply buy a new drive, rebuild the system, and get your data from whatever backup you have.

Its definitely the drive cause i tested both the cables and the mobo ports..i really need the files and i got no backup..should i take it to an expert then?

 

[USAFRet]

Its definitely the drive cause i tested both the cables and the mobo ports..i really need the files and i got no backup..should i take it to an expert then?

Maybe, but it probably won't be cheap. And unless you take it to a data restoration specialist, whoever you do take it to may make things worse.

 

[jhchen69]

In most cases, it could be the PCB of the hard drive is dead. You may be able to recover the data by replacing the dead PCB with a working one. It depends on the manufacturer and model of the HD. for more info, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn2eL4o-6Eo

Recently, the power connector of my Maxtor 320 Gb HD PCB was burned. I did some search and found a website offers PCB for hard drive, that is http://www.onepcbsolution.com/index.html. I found the exactly same PCB of my HD by following their web instruction. Placed the order. After replacing the burned PCB, I am able to recovered 320 Gb valuable data. BTW, a Torx screwdriver needed to replace the PCB is also included included with the PCB.