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Originally posted by djdannyp
i can get the hard-drive out of the external enclosure, as far as i can remember there were a few screws (not traditonal heads though, looked more like an allen key was needed) on the circuit board on the back.

would it literally have to be an identical drive for me to be able to do that myself?

i have an old western digital 40gb hard-drive that i'd happily dissemble in order to get this one working

as for people saying before that profesional data recovery would be worth more than the data, that's not true.....the data is mostly priceless and irrecoverable

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If its as priceless as you said it is, use adeptus' method, buying another drive, as if you try to open it and get the plates into another drive a tiny slip may cost you all of your data

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Originally posted by Voldemort

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Originally posted by djdannyp
i can get the hard-drive out of the external enclosure, as far as i can remember there were a few screws (not traditonal heads though, looked more like an allen key was needed) on the circuit board on the back.

would it literally have to be an identical drive for me to be able to do that myself?

i have an old western digital 40gb hard-drive that i'd happily dissemble in order to get this one working

as for people saying before that profesional data recovery would be worth more than the data, that's not true.....the data is mostly priceless and irrecoverable

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If its as priceless as you said it is, use adeptus' method, buying another drive, as if you try to open it and get the plates into another drive a tiny slip may cost you all of your data

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his method doesn't mention doing anything with the plates though, just changing the circuit board on the back

yeah, because you don't need to move the plates using his method, which is safer... you just change the circuit board, which is easier than moving the delicate plates

if you can remove it from the enclosure why not just put in a computer?

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Originally posted by xen0h
if you can remove it from the enclosure why not just put in a computer?

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the circuit board of the hard drive is dead, not of the enclosure..

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Originally posted by xen0h
if you can remove it from the enclosure why not just put in a computer?

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Originally posted by my first post
I took it apart and got the drive itself out and tried it in my computer where it wasn't detected either during start-up, or by Windows.

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as you can see, i already tried that and it didn't work

the external hard-drive enclosure still works fine, as i've tried another drive in it and that clearly starts to boot up

something to do with the drive itself is damaged, which people mostly believe to be the circuit board (it's definitely power related, not mechanical)

i just need to figure out how i can save it myself, or whether i should get it done professionally

If you can replace the external circuit board, its worth a shot. Otherwise, if the data is really important, get professional help so that you don't damage it any more than it already is

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Originally posted by MeEtc
If you can replace the external circuit board, its worth a shot. Otherwise, if the data is really important, get professional help so that you don't damage it any more than it already is

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as i asked earlier, would it literally have to be an IDENTICAL circuit board, from the very same model

or would the circuit board from another hard drive (like the 40GB WD one i have) be okay?

no, it needs to be the same make/model as the broken one

the model of the circuit board is 2060-701314-002 and the hard-drive is a WD3200JB-00KFA0

I've had a search around but can't really find anything UK based to buy from....i've had the drive 2+ years now and it's been superseeded by the mybook range

any ideas?