My hard drive doesn't spin

Hi,
My computer has been working fine for 2 years. This morning I come to
my computer and I find a blue screen (I left it running yesterday's
night). After rebooting, bios says primary hard drive is not detected
!
I open the box, change my primary hard drive to slave but it's not
detected neither.
I checked both controlers with another hard drive, they work fine.

I then understand that my IBM Deskstar 120 GB ATA100 is in trouble. I
connect again the drive to power cord and controler, power on the
computer, the disk is silent and doesn't spin!

Is there any way to recover 120 GB of data on my disk? Is it the
motor, electronics dead?
Is it possible to change the embedded controler with another one? But
I don't have another same disk. I can buy another brand new 120GB disk
but do you think that could work because I'm not sure I can still buy
a IBM Deskstar 120GB.

Thank you for any suggestion
I would appreciate

Vince

yes. there are commercial data-recovery firms around who can resurrect a
dead disk.
for the future, take regular backups and use a raid system.

--
Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)


"Vincent" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> My computer has been working fine for 2 years. This morning I come to
> my computer and I find a blue screen (I left it running yesterday's
> night). After rebooting, bios says primary hard drive is not detected
> !
> I open the box, change my primary hard drive to slave but it's not
> detected neither.
> I checked both controlers with another hard drive, they work fine.
>
> I then understand that my IBM Deskstar 120 GB ATA100 is in trouble. I
> connect again the drive to power cord and controler, power on the
> computer, the disk is silent and doesn't spin!
>
> Is there any way to recover 120 GB of data on my disk? Is it the
> motor, electronics dead?
> Is it possible to change the embedded controler with another one? But
> I don't have another same disk. I can buy another brand new 120GB disk
> but do you think that could work because I'm not sure I can still buy
> a IBM Deskstar 120GB.
>
> Thank you for any suggestion
> I would appreciate
>
> Vince

(Vincent) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> Hi,
> My computer has been working fine for 2 years. This morning I come to
> my computer and I find a blue screen (I left it running yesterday's
> night). After rebooting, bios says primary hard drive is not detected
> !
> I open the box, change my primary hard drive to slave but it's not
> detected neither.
> I checked both controlers with another hard drive, they work fine.
>
> I then understand that my IBM Deskstar 120 GB ATA100 is in trouble. I
> connect again the drive to power cord and controler, power on the
> computer, the disk is silent and doesn't spin!
>
> Is there any way to recover 120 GB of data on my disk? Is it the
> motor, electronics dead?
> Is it possible to change the embedded controler with another one? But
> I don't have another same disk. I can buy another brand new 120GB disk
> but do you think that could work because I'm not sure I can still buy
> a IBM Deskstar 120GB.
>
> Thank you for any suggestion
> I would appreciate
>
> Vince

Swapping the circuit board is a tedious procedure, but can be done.
However, because it seems the motor is burnt out on yours (maybe),
replacing the circuit board would do no good. If it is not motor's
fault, replacing might be the thing to do. Unfortunately, there is no
way to tell.

Aaron

try keeping the hdd in the frezer for a few hours... the drop in temp
sometimes helps to get it started jst long enough for you to pull any
important data off it... replacing the drive thereafter should be ur
priority...

(Aaron) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> (Vincent) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> > Hi,
> > My computer has been working fine for 2 years. This morning I come to
> > my computer and I find a blue screen (I left it running yesterday's
> > night). After rebooting, bios says primary hard drive is not detected
> > !
> > I open the box, change my primary hard drive to slave but it's not
> > detected neither.
> > I checked both controlers with another hard drive, they work fine.
> >
> > I then understand that my IBM Deskstar 120 GB ATA100 is in trouble. I
> > connect again the drive to power cord and controler, power on the
> > computer, the disk is silent and doesn't spin!
> >
> > Is there any way to recover 120 GB of data on my disk? Is it the
> > motor, electronics dead?
> > Is it possible to change the embedded controler with another one? But
> > I don't have another same disk. I can buy another brand new 120GB disk
> > but do you think that could work because I'm not sure I can still buy
> > a IBM Deskstar 120GB.
> >
> > Thank you for any suggestion
> > I would appreciate
> >
> > Vince
>
> Swapping the circuit board is a tedious procedure, but can be done.
> However, because it seems the motor is burnt out on yours (maybe),
> replacing the circuit board would do no good. If it is not motor's
> fault, replacing might be the thing to do. Unfortunately, there is no
> way to tell.
>
> Aaron

I had ordered an assumed identical disk and I received it lately. They
seem have 2 years different in manufacturing dates. I've swapped the
electronic board, re-plugged the dead drive, heard some noise from the
drive (with old electronic I did not hear noise from the drive) but it
is not detected by Bios.
So...