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Hazy125
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Basically, that's my problem... I kinda need that to not be happening. It registered on my computer once for about a second, not enough time to copy data off of it... It does this for about a minute before it powers itself off

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Did you really open your drive? All it pretty much lost not!

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So, all this started happening after the government decided to try and save power and cut off power to my area, so I know it's got something busted due to power. Now a capacitor just blew, or was about to. I need to try something more exotic to get the data back. Ideas?

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So, all this started happening after the government decided to try and save power and cut off power to my area, so I know it's got something busted due to power. Now a capacitor just blew, or was about to. I need to try something more exotic to get the data back. Ideas?

Simple question,

  1. Did you open the HDD? I mean, is that video of your HDD or is it just an example of the sound you keep hearing?

If you really opened the HDD, you are screwed. :| Have fun paying $5,000 to get the platters moved to a new enclosure or for them to get your data off and give it back on a new HDD. 

If you didn't, I suggest buying a reburbished version of your HDD (it has to be the exact same version) and attempting to swap the PCB's. That has been known to work and not work. It just depends. 

Other than that, you don't have any other options.

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Simple question,

  1. Did you open the HDD? I mean, is that video of your HDD or is it just an example of the sound you keep hearing?

If you really opened the HDD, you are screwed. :| Have fun paying $5,000 to get the platters moved to a new enclosure or for them to get your data off and give it back on a new HDD. 

If you didn't, I suggest buying a reburbished version of your HDD (it has to be the exact same version) and attempting to swap the PCB's. That has been known to work and not work. It just depends. 

Other than that, you don't have any other options.

Great....

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Great....

... You opened it. Didn't you?

For future reference, HDD's are kind of vacuum sealed. Like, the air in it is VERY clean. They actually have a tiny filter system for supplying it minimal air. If you open it, dust gets on the platters. And that screws your HDD up.

Never open your HDD. Ever. 

Unless you do pay for data retrieval services (it's going to be over $1,000 USD at the very least), you can't get anything off that drive reliably. It's all probably gonna be corrupt or something similar.

I suggest removing the platters and using them as coasters. That is fun.

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... You opened it. Didn't you?

For future reference, HDD's are kind of vacuum sealed. Like, the air in it is VERY clean. They actually have a tiny filter system for supplying it minimal air. If you open it, dust gets on the platters. And that screws your HDD up.

Never open your HDD. Ever. 

Unless you do pay for data retrieval services (it's going to be over $1,000 USD at the very least), you can't get anything off that drive reliably. It's all probably gonna be corrupt or something similar.

I suggest removing the platters and using them as coasters. That is fun.

Maaaaaaaybe.... I know about the drives being vacuum sealed and such, and I can recover any sort of data pretty much as long as I can actually access it

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Ya dun goofed @Hazy125. You should never open a HDD in a non-clean room environment. Not only that but the screwed are tightened to a certain degree of force. Too loose/tight and it won't operate properly.

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Maaaaaaaybe.... I know about the drives being vacuum sealed and such, and I can recover any sort of data pretty much as long as I can actually access it

 

The drives do not operate in a vacuum. The heads on an hdd actually fly above the surface of the platter. The distance between the head and the platter is typically 3 nanometers. A spec of dust you can't even see is enough to interfere and cause a "head crash", irretrievably damaging part of the platter.

 

If you opened the drive it's most likely toast.

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