Dead drive recovery?

[Jack Kaye Pc Gamer]

So i killed my hard drive by connecting a 7 volt wire into a 12 volt header for a molex to 4 pin gpu fan adapter for a aftermarket gpu cooler, this created a lot of smoke and i quickly turned my pc off at the wall during boot. Windows wasn't located on that drive but the drive is still dead from the over voltage. My question is whether the information on the platters will have been damaged or just the circuit board has been killed.

[Jack Kaye Pc Gamer]

Bump

[Jarsky]

is this a hard drive, or an ssd?

 

If it's the SSD in your sig then you're out of luck. 

 

If it's the HDD you've either fried the motor or the circuit board. 

 

Check the circuit board for any burn marks - if its burnt - check online (e.g eBay) for the circuit board for your specific drive model & firmware, or you may need to get a whole second working drive to salvage it from. 

 

If the board looks alright, then you may be in for a hard time as it could be the motor. The problem with modern large capacity drives, is that they have multiple platters, and you cannot move the platters out of alignment or they can't be read. So you can get a second drive of the same model, but you have to transplant the motor & head from the working drive into your drive - as if you unbolt your drives platters, you will not be able to align them again and any existing data will be destroyed. 

 

Generally its best to take it to a recovery centre, so they can do this - as they have the necessary tools that *should* be used for moving the head - otherwise you risk damage to one of the platters. 

[Jack Kaye Pc Gamer]

On 5/21/2016 at 0:22 AM, Jarsky said:

is this a hard drive, or an ssd?

 

If it's the SSD in your sig then you're out of luck. 

 

If it's the HDD you've either fried the motor or the circuit board. 

 

Check the circuit board for any burn marks - if its burnt - check online (e.g eBay) for the circuit board for your specific drive model & firmware, or you may need to get a whole second working drive to salvage it from. 

 

If the board looks alright, then you may be in for a hard time as it could be the motor. The problem with modern large capacity drives, is that they have multiple platters, and you cannot move the platters out of alignment or they can't be read. So you can get a second drive of the same model, but you have to transplant the motor & head from the working drive into your drive - as if you unbolt your drives platters, you will not be able to align them again and any existing data will be destroyed. 

 

Generally its best to take it to a recovery centre, so they can do this - as they have the necessary tools that *should* be used for moving the head - otherwise you risk damage to one of the platters. 

Ok i will have a look at the board later to see if it looks ok or not and yes it is a dead hard drive

[Jack Kaye Pc Gamer]

On 5/21/2016 at 0:22 AM, Jarsky said:

is this a hard drive, or an ssd?

 

If it's the SSD in your sig then you're out of luck. 

 

If it's the HDD you've either fried the motor or the circuit board. 

 

Check the circuit board for any burn marks - if its burnt - check online (e.g eBay) for the circuit board for your specific drive model & firmware, or you may need to get a whole second working drive to salvage it from. 

 

If the board looks alright, then you may be in for a hard time as it could be the motor. The problem with modern large capacity drives, is that they have multiple platters, and you cannot move the platters out of alignment or they can't be read. So you can get a second drive of the same model, but you have to transplant the motor & head from the working drive into your drive - as if you unbolt your drives platters, you will not be able to align them again and any existing data will be destroyed. 

 

Generally its best to take it to a recovery centre, so they can do this - as they have the necessary tools that *should* be used for moving the head - otherwise you risk damage to one of the platters. 

Is this the circuit board for the hard drive(not my picture)

[Captain_WD]

On 20.05.2016 г. at 11:11 PM, Jack Kaye Pc Gamer said:

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Hello

 

I'm sorry for the situation you are in.

Such situations don't always damage the data on the drive beyond repair but for the best chances of getting it back I'd contact a data recovery company as the guys there have the tools to extract the data off the platters directly. 

If the problem turns out to be just the PCB you may be able to find the exact same drive from the exact same batch and swap the PCBs and thus run the drive but this is very risky, not supported and has a high chance of being unsuccessful. 

 

@Jarsky gave you some excellent advice so I'd follow that too.

 

What are the brand and the model of the drive?

 

Post back with some progress,

 

Captain_WD.

[Jack Kaye Pc Gamer]

6 hours ago, Captain_WD said:

Hello

 

I'm sorry for the situation you are in.

Such situations don't always damage the data on the drive beyond repair but for the best chances of getting it back I'd contact a data recovery company as the guys there have the tools to extract the data off the platters directly. 

If the problem turns out to be just the PCB you may be able to find the exact same drive from the exact same batch and swap the PCBs and thus run the drive but this is very risky, not supported and has a high chance of being unsuccessful. 

 

@Jarsky gave you some excellent advice so I'd follow that too.

 

What are the brand and the model of the drive?

 

Post back with some progress,

 

Captain_WD.

Heres some pics of my pcb  http://imgur.com/a/ynBG5

 

You think its damaged

Edited May 26, 2016 by Jack Kaye Pc Gamer
Forgot to add info

[Captain_WD]

13 hours ago, Jack Kaye Pc Gamer said:

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I can't tell for sure from the photos, but if the drive isn't detected in BIOS, Device Manager or Disk Management you can be pretty certain that the drive is damaged. The problem might not be only with the PCB as there are other electrical parts in the drive that may have been damaged too. 

 

Captain_WD.