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29-Jun-2009, 03:20 PM #1
3 sata disks
i have 3 Hitachi 2.5" SATA 80GB hard disks.
one of them spin up but in BIOS don't show.
the other 2 HD even don't spin up...
question is, can i some way rescue at least first hard drive? somebody have experience with this?
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29-Jun-2009, 03:59 PM #2
It's likely a lost cause for a home user to fix. You may have luck with the drive that spins up with a live Linux CD such as Knoppix. Knoppix is a little less picky then Windows when accessing drives. The two drives that don't spin up are shot as far as your concerned. A professional data recovery company could likely recover data from it but it will be expensive.
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29-Jun-2009, 04:20 PM #3
Ok... i will try knoppix...
but what exactly happens to HDD? why they stopped spin? can it be from impact?
i get these disk by bottle of beer...
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29-Jun-2009, 08:28 PM #4
MOre then likely the circuit board is damaged (or dead in the one's that don't show in the BIOS) or the spindle motor could also be dead.
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