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ark_angel wrote:I heard a loud pop and PC shutdown it appears my PSU died after a power surge and took one of my HDD's with it. I'm not seeing it in windows or the bios I'm wondering if there is anything else I can check to see if I can get some of the data off the drive. I backed it up recently so it's not a total loss but I'd like to get a couple days worth of work that wasn't backed up if at all possible.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:ark_angel wrote:I heard a loud pop and PC shutdown it appears my PSU died after a power surge and took one of my HDD's with it. I'm not seeing it in windows or the bios I'm wondering if there is anything else I can check to see if I can get some of the data off the drive. I backed it up recently so it's not a total loss but I'd like to get a couple days worth of work that wasn't backed up if at all possible.
The HDD circuit board may be damaged. You could try picking up a used HDD of the same model and transplanting the burnt circuit board.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:ark_angel wrote:I heard a loud pop and PC shutdown it appears my PSU died after a power surge and took one of my HDD's with it. I'm not seeing it in windows or the bios I'm wondering if there is anything else I can check to see if I can get some of the data off the drive. I backed it up recently so it's not a total loss but I'd like to get a couple days worth of work that wasn't backed up if at all possible.
The HDD circuit board may be damaged. You could try picking up a used HDD of the same model and transplanting the burnt circuit board.
ark_angel wrote:Igor_Kavinski wrote:ark_angel wrote:I heard a loud pop and PC shutdown it appears my PSU died after a power surge and took one of my HDD's with it. I'm not seeing it in windows or the bios I'm wondering if there is anything else I can check to see if I can get some of the data off the drive. I backed it up recently so it's not a total loss but I'd like to get a couple days worth of work that wasn't backed up if at all possible.
The HDD circuit board may be damaged. You could try picking up a used HDD of the same model and transplanting the burnt circuit board.
Thanks for the advice I have a couple of those drives around so I tried it and still nothing.
Redocbew wrote:Dude, it won't matter. If it's dead, then it's dead.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:sheer dumb luck.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:ark_angel wrote:Igor_Kavinski wrote:
The HDD circuit board may be damaged. You could try picking up a used HDD of the same model and transplanting the burnt circuit board.
Thanks for the advice I have a couple of those drives around so I tried it and still nothing.
What's the drive model?
ark_angel wrote:It's a shucked easystore WD80EMAZ.
ark_angel wrote:My last backup was about 2 weeks ago and I'm pretty sure I can get 99% of the stuff between then and now back. It's just going to cost me time.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:ark_angel wrote:It's a shucked easystore WD80EMAZ.
Try un-shucking it. Put it in its original enclosure and connect via USB. If that fails, try it in the enclosure with the circuit board replaced. If that also fails, WD data recovery service might be the only option. It seems to be a 5400 rpm SMR drive if I am not wrong. That will probably make recovering data even harder. Does the drive spin up? Can you hear the heads moving? Maybe trying to read? Or is it completely dead with no signs of life?
ark_angel wrote:Igor_Kavinski wrote:ark_angel wrote:It's a shucked easystore WD80EMAZ.
Try un-shucking it. Put it in its original enclosure and connect via USB. If that fails, try it in the enclosure with the circuit board replaced. If that also fails, WD data recovery service might be the only option. It seems to be a 5400 rpm SMR drive if I am not wrong. That will probably make recovering data even harder. Does the drive spin up? Can you hear the heads moving? Maybe trying to read? Or is it completely dead with no signs of life?
Holy **** that worked. Everything just pulled up when I unshucked it. I guess next it to test my sata ports and get everything off this drive.
ark_angel wrote:The drive that stopped working is a shucked drive that I had to cover the 3.3v pin with kapton tape to work with my PSU my current thought is when I removed all the cables to replace the blown PSU with a working one the tape got moved.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:ark_angel wrote:Igor_Kavinski wrote:
Try un-shucking it. Put it in its original enclosure and connect via USB. If that fails, try it in the enclosure with the circuit board replaced. If that also fails, WD data recovery service might be the only option. It seems to be a 5400 rpm SMR drive if I am not wrong. That will probably make recovering data even harder. Does the drive spin up? Can you hear the heads moving? Maybe trying to read? Or is it completely dead with no signs of life?
Holy **** that worked. Everything just pulled up when I unshucked it. I guess next it to test my sata ports and get everything off this drive.
I'm just as amazed as you are. Sheer dumb luck, is what that is.
ark_angel wrote:Igor_Kavinski wrote:ark_angel wrote:
Holy **** that worked. Everything just pulled up when I unshucked it. I guess next it to test my sata ports and get everything off this drive.
I'm just as amazed as you are. Sheer dumb luck, is what that is.
Thanks for the idea I was about to throw in the towel and call it a loss.