Hard disk dying

[ntm]

I have an old Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 hard disk (60GB; ATA/133; 6Y060L0 / YAR41BW0) which I just tried plugging in to my computer. Unfortunately, I found that while it spins up, it makes a high pitched noise and clicks for a while, as if it was trying to align the head and failing (I know nothing about hard disks, so this may be nonsense), and won't register on the computer.

Video of what happens here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZIPg3Vc2k8

Has anyone here experienced anything similar/can anyone offer any views on how likely this is to be a PCB issue (ie fairly cheap to fix)? I'd be grateful for any thoughts!

 

[E-50]

I was just working on one of these older Maxtors today, it was a 6Y0120L0. Same symptoms. Spins clicks, no access.

I set the jumper setting to SAFE mode, uploaded loader for it, and the drive became accessible for data extraction. I will try to upload a video tomorrow. Hopefully your heads are not dead. Any place that has PC3000 and knows how to use it should be able to trouble shoot.

 

[BillyDataGuy]

Watched your video, and I think I grinded my teeth down a bit. Thanks for the dental work! E-50 you are right about PC3000, however the platter might be scratched. There are quite a few different sounds going on there.

The beep I'm not so much worried about, but the grinding/scraping noise is probably not going to have a favorable outcome.
I wouldn't put power to the drive any longer, or ever again especially since you have the video.

We have PC3000 and if you want, I'll give you a free diagnostics on this drive, all you have to do is pay for shipping both ways.

Follow the directions here: http://www.sertdatarecovery.com/package-ship-storage-media and mention this thread

 

[ntm]

Thanks, E-50 - I didn't even know bits of the HD could be 'updated'.

We have PC3000 and if you want, I'll give you a free diagnostics on this drive, all you have to do is pay for shipping both ways.

Very generous offer (and thanks for the advice). Unfortunately, I'm located in the UK, so I suspect that shipping wouldn't be cheap either in terms of financial cost or time, and I'm not sure that the content is worth it - but such information as the two of you have given me at least might help me find someone in the UK who can take a look at it...

Thank you again!