Urgent hdd pcb board problem

[chucky9]

i broke the pcb board on my hard drive so brought another one and installed it, it now spins up and my pc gets to the boot up page but the loading operating system doesnt come up.

 

[Y0GI]

What make and model of HDD?

Yogi

 

[chucky9]

samsung barracuda 1tb
ST1000DM005

 

[USAFRet]

Lead us down the path of how you got to this point.

How did the PCB break?
What exactly did you replace?
What exactly happens when you power up?

 

[chucky9]

basically i took all the hard drives out of the case when i had to fix my stupid sisters hard drive after i had done that i then put all the drives back in the bays but when i out this one back in i caught it on the lip of the drive bay and it snapped off one the little black chips on the board. i then hoped it would still work so i tried booting it up. it came up the loading operating system and it loaded up a few things and then asked me to enter the rom disk with the os on at which point i knew it wasnt working.
i then had a look round for the pcb board to match my hdd.
i thought i had found the right one so i brought it. i installed it when it arrived and the drive spins up but when it gets to the screen it just flashes the little bar it doesnt even come up with loading operating system.

 

[USAFRet]

Generally, a PCB swap needs to be exactly the same firmware, not just the same drive.

 

[TyrOd]

First of all you can't swap the PCB on these drives without also swapping the EEPROM or NVRAM chip with the adaptives on it. You're always going to have problems with the stability of the drive even if the drive spins up and comes ready.

If you need the data on the drive, you need to get a professional to properly swap the PCB and adaptives for you.

That's assuming that there's nothing else wrong with the drive at this point.

 

[chucky9]

how much will it cost to have the data removed and there are torrents n stuff on there would i get into trouble if their found?

 

[USAFRet]

how much will it cost to have the data removed and there are torrents n stuff on there would i get into trouble if their found?

It would cost a LOT. Far, far more than what is on it.

 

[chucky9]

what am i meant to do then?

 

[USAFRet]

what am i meant to do then?

1. Go back two days, perform the same procedure, but this time don't break off that component
or
2. Retrieve the critical data from your backup
or
3. Accept that it is gone

Everyone loses a drive at some point. Accident, failure, droppage, accidental formatting.....
That is the point when you decide to: 1) backup, and 2) decide what is really needed in that backup

 

[chucky9]

theres important things on there but it also has torrents on it

 

[TyrOd]

how much will it cost to have the data removed and there are torrents n stuff on there would i get into trouble if their found?

A couple hundred dollars at least.

Data recovery labs can't disclose anything about your case unless it involves child pornography or physical harm to another person.

 

[chucky9]

oh ok its all good then

 

[Y0GI]

Here is your solution. From this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1827057/simultaneous-hard-drive-failures-question.html

With respect, you may be better off engaging someone to do the work for you. Try your local TV/AV repair shop.

Alternatively, the following suppliers will sell you a replacement PCB and include a free firmware transfer.

http://www.onepcbsolution.com/
http://www.hdd-parts.com/

Yogi