On 10/04/07, Andrew Edwards <edwards.andrew@gmail.com> wrote:

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6Y120L0032611

maxtor diamondplus 9 ata 133 120

On 10/04/07, stuart bell <sailing1@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/04/07, Kevanf1 < kevanf1@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10/04/07, Andrew Edwards <edwards.andrew@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > the drive isn't recognized by the bios, infact when the drive is in
> > > the machine.. it wont get to the bios even... however, when power is
> > > applied you get a spool up and it'll try to read, and fail..it
> > > actually needs the ceramic disk ripping out and put in a new drive..
> > > the motor is a bit nackered and i think the read head is done too..
> > >
> >
> > In which case it will have to be done in a proper clean room.  Unless
> > the firm you have tried doesn't actually know this information then
> > they are either super cheap (rings alarm bells) or they simply do not
> > know what they are doing.  Honestly, every 'reputable' firm I have
> > ever known who will take on this type of work will charge in the
> > thousands not the hundreds.
> >
> > However, in saying that, you could always 'attempt' to do a DIY job.
> > But, beware!!!!  The read write heads on a hard drive are separated by
> > mere microns from the platters.  It really is an ultra delicate job.
> > Hit that platter even lightly and you may recover any data at all.
> > That is why the 'reputable' firms charge so much.  It is a highly
> > technical and skilled job.
> >
> >    Andrew,
>      Post ALL the numbers on the drive.   If it's not too new one of
> us may have one. Then it's only a mechanical job swapping bits.
>     Anything someone put together can be repaired.
>
>          Stuart
>
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