Hard Drive Recovery ... Success $59.00

[John Myshrall]

On 11-02-24 12:52 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 07:51:19PM -0500, John Myshrall wrote:
>> I just had a USB back up drive die recently and was going to invest
>> $40.00 and try to replace the PCB so I can recover data.  In a nut
>> shell, neither of my systems will not power on with this drive
>> installed.  Both have good power supplies. I have also tried a USB to
>> sata connector without any luck.   Any suggestions?
> OK, you seem to have said that both your machines power on fine, which
> is good, except I don't think that's what you meant.
>
> If the drive is somehow shorting the power to the point that the power
> supply refuses to turn on when the drive is connected, then I highly
> doubt a PCB change will help.  You may have lost the drive motor.
>
>> Why am I trying to recover a back up drive? = long stupid story.  BTW I
>> have most likely seen all the how to fix your hard drive videos on You
>> Tube.  Hammers don't work....... really!
>>
>> I have sent a request for further information from these guys.
>> http://www.onepcbsolution.com/index.html
>>
>> Anyone dealt with them?
> No idea.
>
> I just always remember my policy:
>
> Any data only stored in one place is by definition not important.
>
> Also a backup drive is a backup and the loss of the backup is hence
> never a problem.
>
Well I took the plunge and bought the new board. The drive powered up 
but would not read.

I contacted the PCB solutions, sent them back the replacement board and 
my dead board. They performed the correct bios transfer onto the new board.

I installed the new board with the correct bios and successfully 
recovered the data.  Total cost $50.00. This was certainly much better 
than the data recovery option.

I Just thought I would share my experience with the list. BTW they are 
located in BC.

John
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