[SOLVED] Seagate Medalist Hard disk dead

[Plicker19]

This hard disk when plugged in correctly will not do anything. it is a 4.3 gb IDE hard drive with very important files on it. is there a way to fix this thing? I do not see any scratches or marks on the platters. is there a way to move the platters to another working ide disk? thanks! sorry its in cpus. its supposed to be in storage.

 

[DSzymborski]

Wait, did you open it up? The data may now be lost forever. If you're opening up a hard drive, it should be under laboratory conditions.

If it can't be read, the only option is a data recovery firm. Do note that these can very be expensive and can go over $1000 for quality recovery services.

Unfortunately, the only dependable way to protect very important files is to treat them as very important files. if they were the only copies of these important files and simply thrown onto an old hard drive in storage, the question wasn't whether you would lose your data, but when.

 

[USAFRet]

This hard disk when plugged in correctly will not do anything. it is a 4.3 gb IDE hard drive with very important files on it. is there a way to fix this thing? I do not see any scratches or marks on the platters. is there a way to move the platters to another working ide disk? thanks! sorry its in cpus. its supposed to be in storage.

So, a 20 year old drive that has the only copy of this data.
And it didn't work.
And then you opened the case and inspected the platters.

It was already dead, you just put the nails in the coffin.

 

[Plicker19]

i have opened a hard disk before and nothing happened. I have not touched the platters yet. could i move them into another disk?

 

[Nemesia]

i have opened a hard disk before and nothing happened. I have not touched the platters yet. could i move them into another disk?

It depends. Did you do this at least a thousand time already to not screw it up? Like DSzymborski said up there you were lucky nothing happened. Opening up a hard drive and just getting a particle of dust on that platter is enough to screw it up big time.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3lPghtUucs


It's not a laboratory under a controlled air system with positive pressure for nothing and just look at how hard it is for Linus to just swap a head without bending anything.

 

[Plicker19]

OK. it's dead. "don't eat over a hard drive"

 

[mdd1963]

(I like the above GIF! Good one!)

 

[DSzymborski]

i have opened a hard disk before and nothing happened. I have not touched the platters yet. could i move them into another disk?

Your chances or success are only slightly better doing this than building a time machine, traveling back to 2005, and making sure to back up your data properly.

Realistically, your options at this point are spending the money for a professional lab or not having the data. Only you can tell which outcome is worse for you.

 

[Nemesia]

Your chances or success are only slightly better doing this than building a time machine, traveling back to 2005, and making sure to back up your data properly.

Realistically, your options at this point are spending the money for a professional lab or not having the data. Only you can tell which outcome is worse for you.

Most lab won't even take a drive that has been opened or will charge a large extra amount for it. They are taking that drive as already contaminated.

 

[DSzymborski]

Most lab won't even take a drive that has been opened or will charge a large extra amount for it. They are taking that drive as already contaminated.

Yup. It's a more expensive problem than before.

 

[Plicker19]

(I like the above GIF! Good one!)

Thanks!

 

[Ring Games]

You can change what drive you are using. The best brand is WD (western digital) (full credits to WD and WD hard drives) This will be a good fix to this problem.

 

[Plicker19]

I like my toshiba and hitachis. they have served me well.