Help! Fujitsu MPG3204AH Hard Drive

[T-rev]

Aaarrrrgggghhh, I thought I had escaped this notorious hard drive's
failure - it's been working flawlessly for well over 3 years. But suddenly
it has gone kaput, doesn't spin, not recognised by bios, nothing :-(

I found and tried the Fujitsu recoverytoolv202a but it doesn't even know the
drive is connected.

Have I got any chance of getting this thing running again so I can get the
data off? Please don't ask about my backup :-(

Model is Fujitsu MPG3204AH -E, manufactured 08-2001.

Cheers,

T-rev

 

[Rod Speed]

Likely not, the usual failure mode is one of the ics on the logic card.

Aaarrrrgggghhh, I thought I had escaped this notorious hard drive's
failure - it's been working flawlessly for well over 3 years. But suddenly
it has gone kaput, doesn't spin, not recognised by bios, nothing :-(

I found and tried the Fujitsu recoverytoolv202a
but it doesn't even know the drive is connected.

 

[Nick]

You can contact a data recovery company if you really need your data

Nick

 

[Falkon]

Aaarrrrgggghhh, I thought I had escaped this notorious hard drive's
failure - it's been working flawlessly for well over 3 years. But suddenly
it has gone kaput, doesn't spin, not recognised by bios, nothing :-(

I found and tried the Fujitsu recoverytoolv202a but it doesn't even know the
drive is connected.

Have I got any chance of getting this thing running again so I can get the
data off? Please don't ask about my backup :-(

Model is Fujitsu MPG3204AH -E, manufactured 08-2001.

Cheers,

T-rev

Did you follow these instructions?

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/2190/?o=60

 

[eltan]

There is absolutely nothing u or any software can do if the hard disk cant
be power up and be recognised by the computer.

The best u can do is unplug it from ur computer totataly, put it in a water
proof bag and chuck it in the freezer for couple of weeks or longer untill
the hard drive can be power up, once it power up, do a BACKUP!

Good luck.

eltan

 

[T-rev]

Did you follow these instructions?

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/2190/?o=60

Yes, I tried the recovery tool but it can't see any drive connected. Looks
like I'm screwed, unless I can find a controller board from another
MPG3204AH or shell out AU$850 for data recovery specialists to do it!

T-rev

 

[T-rev]

Did you follow these instructions?

Yes, I tried the recovery tool but it can't see any drive connected. Looks
like I'm screwed, unless I can find a controller board from another
MPG3204AH or shell out AU$850 for data recovery specialists to do it!

Guess what, I tried connecting it again today as a slave to the new drive I
got and it fired up allowing me to copy the data across. On the next boot it
was completely dead again so I'm counting my lucky stars!

T-rev

 

[Kissing Lettuce]

There is absolutely nothing u or any software can do if the hard disk cant
be power up and be recognised by the computer.

The best u can do is unplug it from ur computer totataly, put it in a water
proof bag and chuck it in the freezer for couple of weeks or longer untill
the hard drive can be power up, once it power up, do a BACKUP!

Good luck.

eltan

Why do you have to pop it into the freezer?

Why a cold place like that?

 

[Rheilly Phoull]

One day Kissing Lettuce got dressed and committed to text

Why do you have to pop it into the freezer?

Why a cold place like that?

The idea being the cold "shrinks" the various bearing clearances and
possibly "unsticks" the heads from the platters. Thus giving it a chance to
start up.

 

[Kissing Lettuce]

One day Kissing Lettuce got dressed and committed to text


The idea being the cold "shrinks" the various bearing clearances and
possibly "unsticks" the heads from the platters. Thus giving it a chance to
start up.

I wonder if that can be tested. Sounds like a job for Mythbusters

 

[Rheilly Phoull]

One day Kissing Lettuce got dressed and committed to text

I wonder if that can be tested. Sounds like a job for Mythbusters

Of course
Just dont tell the folks that have used this method ;-)

 

[Kissing Lettuce]

One day Kissing Lettuce got dressed and committed to text


Of course
Just dont tell the folks that have used this method ;-)

Oh no I'm not dissing you or saying it doesn't work just
sounds like something that might be fun on that show like
the spinning CDs of death they had a while back......

 

[someone2]

One day Kissing Lettuce got dressed and committed to text


Of course
Just dont tell the folks that have used this method ;-)

sometimes that method will work.
No need to leave it in the freezer for a couple of weeks.
A couple of hours should be sufficient.

Fujitsu MPG - most likely a copper migration problem.

someone2

 

[Neil Maxwell]

I wonder if that can be tested. Sounds like a job for Mythbusters

The problem with designing a test for it is having a reproducible
failure on multiple HDs of the type that could respond to this
treatment. Random HD failures would include things like circuit board
failures, bad motors, head crashes, and other stuff that the freezer
wouldn't help.

The freezer treatment failing on 100 drives wouldn't prove anything,
but working on 1 would. Unless you've got lots of resources and time,
it might be more rewarding to accept the experiences of folks on
Usenet, with all the accompanying risks.