Recovering Data from a SATA HDD - Page 2

Anthony & Maricel · 5th April 2013, 16:15

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Originally Posted by Jakg

Another worst case scenario is to buy an identical HDD and swap over the circuit boards - on the dead 2.5" HDD I have here* the connectors appear to be connected to the PCB

*it's a Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00, 120GB SATA drive pulled from an NC10 netbook - if that happens to be the exact HDD you have you can have the PCB but I doubt it!

If you do that make sure the revision of the PCB is exactly the same or you risk the chance of killing it.

Anthony & Maricel · 5th April 2013, 16:18

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Originally Posted by carlpenn

I don't have the bit no, I don't know what happened to it, I hadn't noticed the Drive had broken until it came to putting it into the PC when I rebuilt it

New connectors are available so your hard drive can be repaired.

carlpenn · 5th April 2013, 19:16

Good news

I found a couple of SATA Cables in my "Box 'O' Bits" and one of them had the plastic jammed in from the HDD so I managed to get the HDD working again

Thank you for your help and suggestions everyone

Anthony & Maricel · 5th April 2013, 19:19

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Originally Posted by carlpenn

Good news

I found a couple of SATA Cables in my "Box 'O' Bits" and one of them had the plastic jammed in from the HDD so I managed to get the HDD working again

Thank you for your help and suggestions everyone

That is good news.

NewGuyPete · 16th April 2013, 12:12

Hi, If you have`nt already solved your problem, do`nt attempt to open up the HDD. You can get a HDD Docking Station from your local Maplins, the weight of the HDD will hold it steady to make contact and retrieve your pictures. Cost is minimal when you consider loss of photo`s and info stored.

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