Comments on: Recovering SATA hard disk and data after faulty connection

By: maankey

maankey — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:37:46 +0000

WAAN KUJECLAHAY

By: rechil

rechil — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:23:27 +0000

@ Carlosdl, I provided, for just take a chance ! At least once just detach the HDD and do as I suggested!
I know there is no power detects, but it is a chance (better say luck) not a solution.

Thanks

By: carlosdl

carlosdl — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:56:34 +0000

But, if no power is reaching the disk, that’s the first thing that needs to be taken care of. Without power there is no way to make the disk work to try to recover the data.

By: rechil

rechil — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:03:12 +0000

One more suggestion, also try to disconnect the damaged HDD and attach with a running computer as a slave disk (better is XP computer). and try to see if the disk is visible thru My computer > Manage > Disk Management or whether xp detects it automatically.
U can try the same with Linux Computer also try to see the disk by giving the command :
fdisk -l

By: mitrum

mitrum — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:39:40 +0000

As your PC isn’t recognizing the HDD. If it is outoff warranty. You can try to replace Mainboard of your hdd with same one as it burned out. But you need to buy as hdd as old one i.e. mainboard & manufacturer should be same.
or visit good data recovery shop for your data.

By: technochic

technochic — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:31:26 +0000

Sunds like it’s fried, yes. You could try calling the manufacturer but it is not likely to be covered under warranty. The data may be recoverable using the right tools. but I have never had to do that myself so I don’t have a recommendation. I’d definitely get a new hard drive so if you do recover the data you have a drive to put it on. Get a good backup system as well so you have your data backed up for any future mishaps.