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Seagate SATA drive failure not recognized in BIOS
My Seagate 500gb SATA drive seems to have failed. Computer gets stuck and BIOS splash screen when HD is attached. Had no signs of trouble, just working one day, and not the next.
When unplugged I can access BIOS (f2) and or bootmenu (f12), other then that when drive is attached computer if frozen at splash screen
Bought a new hard drive, same model and size, reloaed windows and everything workes great. All cables are secure and are in excellent condition, no problems with computer (only 3 months old).
so I Tried to hook it up as a 2nd drive to try to recover some data, computer will not recognize it still.
I am looking to recover my pictures of my family from the drive, other then that i do not care what happens to drive or void of warranty.
Im new to Hardware repair, have good knowledgebase orf software and software repair
Any comment or suggestions would be appreciated
thank you in advance for your time
Andrew
When unplugged I can access BIOS (f2) and or bootmenu (f12), other then that when drive is attached computer if frozen at splash screen
Bought a new hard drive, same model and size, reloaed windows and everything workes great. All cables are secure and are in excellent condition, no problems with computer (only 3 months old).
so I Tried to hook it up as a 2nd drive to try to recover some data, computer will not recognize it still.
I am looking to recover my pictures of my family from the drive, other then that i do not care what happens to drive or void of warranty.
Im new to Hardware repair, have good knowledgebase orf software and software repair
Any comment or suggestions would be appreciated
thank you in advance for your time
Andrew
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Depending on the value of your data, you can send it to:
http://www.gillware.com/
I have dealt with them in the past with good results. They charge $400 for most PC drives, and you don't have to pay if they don't recover.
http://www.gillware.com/
I have dealt with them in the past with good results. They charge $400 for most PC drives, and you don't have to pay if they don't recover.
ASKER
Thank you everybody for your quick response. Im going to try to get it to operate using the the freezer method.
Jamietoner... when I try that method, im figuring the computer should be up and running on the new hard drive and then using the USB/SATA connection and plug it in to see if the troubled hard drive shows up in my explorer??
is that correct??
Andrew
Jamietoner... when I try that method, im figuring the computer should be up and running on the new hard drive and then using the USB/SATA connection and plug it in to see if the troubled hard drive shows up in my explorer??
is that correct??
Andrew
Yes
ASKER
OK great, Harddrive is in freezer, im off to go get usb adapter. I will let you know how it works out
ASKER
OK, I tried to freeze the hard drive several different times and connect it several different ways including purchasing a USB sata hookup with no luck.
I thank you for all your responses to my problem, Ill just have to take the loss on the data, Data recovery for a 500g drive it just to expensive right now
thanks again
Andrew
I thank you for all your responses to my problem, Ill just have to take the loss on the data, Data recovery for a 500g drive it just to expensive right now
thanks again
Andrew
http://www.ontrack.com/
www.cddataguys.com
http://www.datasavers.com/ restore data on drives in a Lab.
not cheap, but they do work.
I hope this helps !