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I have a 2.5" hard drive that has been shaken while it was turned on.
When I connect it, nothing happens what so ever. It doesn't spin and the BIOS can't see it.
At this site they talk about putting the disk in the freezer.
I don't understand how shaking it can cause it not to spin up or being detected. I mean, the PCB should be able to handle being shaken.
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Is that expected?
Does anyone have an idea of what I could try?
+1 I've also had luck swapping an identical PCB before (same model/firmware/revision, etc.), but I haven't done that in ages. – gravyface – 2012-09-05T23:42:17.943
@gravyface you actually have to clone the firmware (all sections) from the old pcb to the replacement on modern drives, or it will forget which sectors have been marked bad and which ones have been swapped in plus other factory data for that specific drive. Its why that type of data recovery is sooo expensive. Man, what I wouldn't do for some of my dearly departed mom's home made Gravy! RIP mom. – Moab – 2012-09-06T05:54:38.730