HP97 The journey begins

[ijabbott]

(08-25-2019 01:08 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  

(08-24-2019 11:52 PM)teenix Wrote:  I was midway making some PCB design tweeks when the hard disk made a "clunk" sound and the PC died.

When old hard drives die, it's most often due to the heads/platter of course, but more often than you'd think, it's the PCB on the drive that has failed, and if you swap the PCB (it's strictly mechanical and trivial to do for most drives, though a few are just about impossible) the drive may work again. So, look for a used drive of the exact same type on eBay, and swap the boards. It's a strange feeling to see it come back to life.

Of course, if you attempt to do that and fail (which is highly likely), most data recovery companies won't touch it with a barge pole!