On 2018-04-22 21:14, Diesel wrote:
B00ze news
Apr 2018 04:09:33 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:
Good day.
Got a 15 years old WD IDE hard drive, that was showing ZERO
problems in SMART data, suddenly can no longer calibrate (i.e. it
can't read anymore.) NOW the SMART data is showing something's
wrong. Hard drive "clicks" (heads go back and forth full disk)
then quits trying. Have another of the same model, but hesitant
moving the platters myself; apparently platters are not really
"stuck" together and I could mis-align them (rotate them in
relation to each other) rendering the whole thing un-readable. Was
planning to move the data off but kept delaying since it showed no
sign of problems...
Hmm. If you have two identical drives, you can try temporarily swapping
the logic board. Sometimes, the board itself is the culprit and your
drives internals are actually okay; along with your data.
Yeah, if all I find are $2000 repair shops then that's what I'll do. Thanks,
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