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hard drive stop spinning

Cazushio
By Cazushio
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so last night I was transferring stuff from my old hard drive to my new one, and when I woke up this morning the old hard drive stop spinning.

I have tried it on other computers, different cable, even opened it and connected it internally. all computers are windows 7 64 bit.

in all cases the hard drive spins for about 5 second then it stops, also the activity light stays on but doesn't flash. would this be PCB or hard drive problem?

I read that placing it in the freezer could work, has anyone tried this?

thanks in advance 

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Does it spin for 5 seconds and then stop when the system is first booted on?

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Youve opened the cover of the HDD?

I missed that part. To the OP, you're not supposed to open hard drives.

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"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

"I didn't die! I performed a tactical reset!" - Apollolol

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I missed that part. To the OP, you're not supposed to open hard drives.

If he did unscrewed the HDD well he is done. You can unscrew the hdd and the put it back together, but you need tool to correctly allign the screw how the were before the opening. Opening the drive is last resort.

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