Maxtor Drive issue...

[Mark Lane]

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Dave Cramer <davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:32 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> | From: Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>>
>> | Maxtor drive. The drive was in an external USB case, and by mistake he
>> | connected an 18 volt power supply to the 12 volt connector... I had
>> | hoped when I spoke to my friend that the only thing damaged would be
>> | the USB to EIDE adapter, but there is visible damage to one of the
>> | chips on the drive itself. So as I see his options:
>> |
>> | - Find another Maxtor MaXLine II 300GB ATA/133 HD and attempt a drive
>> | control replacement (can anyone help here?).
>>
>> Maybe this would work, maybe not.
>>
>> You probably need a more precise model number.  Perhaps 5A300J0
>>
>> Perhaps googling around this forum might help:
>>  <http://forum.hddguru.com/maxtor-6y080l0std-fried-voltage-regulator-board-replacement-t14185.html>
>> Or this one:
>>  <http://forums.storagereview.com/index.php/topic/23080-board-swap-in-maxline-ii-300gb/>
>>
>> | - Turn it over to a professional data recovery firm (any suggestions
>> | as to who is good / local / reasonably prices).
>>
>> Very expensive for a good job, I've heard.  You can also pay a lot for
>> a bad job.
>
> Lawyers trying to get data from clients hard drives for court drive
> the price up.
>
> There are FLOSS tools for this.

The Floss tools still require a working drive. A good recovery shop
will be able to take a broken drive apart and spin up the platters
with special hardware to read them.


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