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Hard Disk error
Name: Dj Manalo (by djones05) Date: October 15, 2006 at 19:32:13 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 CPU/Ram: P4 / 1GB Product: Clone
Comment:
Hi everybody!... I have this external hard disk given to me by a friend since, we found out that it was unreadable... While it is on my hand, i tried to remove the hard disk from the enclosure and try to set it up on a PC and made it a primary master...The PC works fine, but the hard disk is not and it displays a message "Primary Hard Disk Error, Press F1 to resume"...And I done so...The hard disk could still be detected in the BIOS...Is there still a way how to fix the disk. Another thing that I observed, the disk is creating a creaky sound... I do hope that you could help me...I just wanted to make it fix, because the size is 300GB and that really is very precious and cost a lot...Although, it was not under warranty anymore... Thank you for any help that you could give...
Name: Tubesandwires Date: October 15, 2006 at 21:02:17 Pacific
Reply:
Download a diagnostic utility from the maker of the hard drive's web site and execute it to have it make it's one or 2 floppies. Boot the computer that has the hard drive connected to it with the bootable floppy, run the diagnostic tests - usually there is a quick and a longer one - run both. If the utility can't access it, or if it does not pass the diagnostics with no physical errors, no bad sectors, and no SMART errors, (errors in the data alone can be fixed), it is not fixable without spending a lot of money on it having a data recovery expert work on it - either the platters on the drive must be transferred to another compatible hard drive, or the logic board on the drive must be replaced with a compatible logic board (but that only works if there is nothing else wrong).
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Response Number 2
Name: Dj Manalo (by djones05) Date: October 16, 2006 at 00:32:42 Pacific
Reply:
Okay sir, I'll try to download a utility software to fix it... Thank you so much for your excellent help...
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Response Number 3
Name: Badboy Date: October 16, 2006 at 05:42:01 Pacific
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With your description of this HDD's behavior, I suspect that this HDD is beyond repair.
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Response Number 4
Name: ham30 Date: October 16, 2006 at 09:14:00 Pacific
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I agree with Badboy. The creaking sound indicates it is gone. Hard drives are NOT repairable by users.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!
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Response Number 5
Name: Dj Manalo (by djones05) Date: November 15, 2006 at 22:37:40 Pacific
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Thank for your help, guys!...I suspected that also, but I still hoped that there might still be a way to repair it... Anyway, thank you for your kindness and support...You helped me a lot...!
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Response Number 6
Name: Tubesandwires Date: November 16, 2006 at 06:24:06 Pacific
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Thanks for tying up the thread - better late than never.
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