Need tips on how to fix a spoilt sata hdd drive

Asked By ingridgonzalou 30 points N/A Posted on - 11/06/2012

Hello fellow techies. I need help regarding my external hard drive which just suddenly stopped working. I already tried all tricks I know to repair it, and even tried to replace the same type of board but still nothing worked. Does anybody know other tricks on how to fix a spoilt sata HDD? Or even just to at least get the files and transfer it to another HDD. Please help me.

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Answered By parker_carter 0 points N/A #143295

Need tips on how to fix a spoilt sata hdd drive

I would suggest that you bring your external hard drive to an expert. It would be risky to further repair it on your own.

Not all of the tricks online are a 100% sure that you can get your external hard drive working. But if you want to try your luck, list down the methods you have used and we’ll post other methods that you can try.

 

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Answered By Floyd A Beverly 20 points N/A #143296

Need tips on how to fix a spoilt sata hdd drive

Hello Ingridgonzalou,

Thank you for posting your problem here. Your sata hard disk is stop working suddenly either it is due to bad sector or some other problem may be clicking noise.Check out these remedies to repair your HDD.

1. First check all the sata cables are strictly connected to Motherboard ports if loosely attached firmed it.

2. Secondly, look out any break ages and tears on the cable.

3. Turn off the computer, place the hard disk in zip top bag and place it in the freezer, use this technique if your HDD is producing clicking noises.

4. Swaps out the drive's circuit board (PCB), you can easily buy this from ebay.And insert this and then make it readable by connecting it to the pc.

Hope this work. Thanks

 

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Answered By Sharath Reddy 590495 points N/A #315416

Need tips on how to fix a spoilt sata hdd drive

If your SATA hard drive suddenly stopped working, try checking the cables inside the CPU. Turn off the CPU then open the CPU case. Disconnect all the cables connected to the hard drive. Next, connect the ribbon cable or data cable back to the hard drive. For the power, change the power supply cable with the other cable.

After this, turn on the CPU then press DEL, DELETE, F2, or whichever key is used to go to the BIOS. In the BIOS, go to the drive management section then detect the hard drive. If there is no option to detect a hard drive, exit BIOS and boot normally.

If the drive is still not detected, turn off the CPU then disconnect the other end of the ribbon cable from the motherboard and then connect it back. Start the CPU then see if it works. If the problem continues, try connecting the hard drive to another working computer then see if the drive works there.

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