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cemt

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Hi Guys

I have a Seagate 250GB IDE drive; the PCB is burned. I have data on the drive which i want to recover; The drive is OEM and was purchased in Europe, so i can forget that 5year warranty.

I've been trying to purchase a drive with exact model number:
ST3250823A so I can swop the circuits and recover the data myself.

The drive is now obsolete, but I managed to source a SATA version of the same drive: ST3250823AS;

Do you guys think swopping the circuits will help? The Actual disk drive only has a few contacts the PCB connects to.

Thanks

P.S. I just got a quote for recovery and its R5000 excl VAT
 
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let it go....unless you have irreplaceable personal data on the disk(Wedding photos etc....)
 
client backups - very important info
past pst's

the drive is only a month old; so didnt expect to crash...

my bad!
 
ouch - probably worth a try to get the SATA board then -

next time RAID
 
ST3250823A.jpg
 
Obsolete and it's only a month old??

I would contact Seagate direct and see what solution they propose. Make it their problem.
 
I can't agree it's worth taking a drive with THIS kind of import data:
cemt said:
client backups - very important info
past pst's
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- and proceed to cowboy around with it by trying to entirely change the controller interface ..unless you know for a flat-out-tested-fact that such an operation works? But then, having sufficient drives lying around that you can do that kind of testing is not something that most ordinary people have ..which is why we have the data recovery industry.

Bottom line, you may well have to byte the bullet and take it in to a data recovery company, but then; seeing as that biz *is* run on a no-recovery-no-pay policy, finding out isn't going to be expensive. But, so you can get an idea: I took a small (as in around 40gig) PATA drive in, from which I wanted to get the files on the desktop (MAN I hate it when they ((l)users) put 'em there!) and back into the .pst. The quote was for around R3500 *and* they give only a 90% confidence estimate on probability of success ..*shrug*; is tough man, but it may well be the way the crumble cookies.
 
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Skeptik said:
Obsolete and it's only a month old??
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Yea, that struck me too; but GDS shows me that the only places that this model nr shows up on my system is in my pricelists from LAST year, not even early this year! That said, going directly to Storgate (instead of the usual suspects) to try to find one may even work out (but I wouldn't hold my breath)
 
drive was purchased "brand new" in denmark.
i logged onto seagate.com; wen entered the serial number; came up with "OEM DRIVE" please contact store which the PC was purchased from.
 
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Hi cemt,

I know some people in the Data recovery game that will most certainly be a lot more reasonable in their pricing)

If you are still strugling, drop me a PM, I will give you their details in private.

Best regards,
 
Hi guys!

Somebody must have this HDD? Come now experts!

I need the Part number for the Diode on the 12v Line;

SEAGATE HDD : ST3250823A

Thanks

:eek:
 
Thanks; I dont think any software is gonna help.

When the drive is connected; and PC Switched on, The machine immediately shuts down; and then you get this "burning" smell. Machine will then refuse to start until power is removed for a few seconds...

yep next time RAID...costly mistake...maybe cos i always trust a SEAGATE HDD...
 
this may help, who knows.
try
http://www.ultratec.co.uk/

they have this drive in stock for around £60...not that exciting.

but what they also have ins tock is the plain pcb, for around £45....there are a number of different firmware versions, so you can match your pcb exactly.

just stick ST3250823A into their search form and have a look around
 
Hi there. Try look for the programs that do recovery. It isn't that hard. You need to make that harddrive a slave in order to get the info from it. The harddrive is most probably overheating so try and keep it cool while getting the data. If you have anymore problems try speaking to the guys from PCDoctors they should give a better idea on how to get the data.
 
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Have you got another harddrive that you can test your system on. It might not be the harddrive if it wont even start up.
 
wen i remove the hard drive; pc boots up.
wen hdd is connected; the pc refuses to switch on. But u do get a "burning" smell.
 
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