Ph4nt0m Posted October 11, 2010 Member ID: 1 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 39 Topic Count: 162 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1909 Content Per Day: 0.42 Reputation: 121 Achievement Points: 11489 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/06/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 4, 2020 Birthday: 06/28/1975 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Ok guys and gals, It's time to start digging through all your old HDD's, I have a old Maxtor Diamondmax 20 160gb IDE hard disk that has taken a dump on me, am getting the old click of death from the heads so am looking to source a similar HDD so i can replace the board and just maybe recover all the files that I was storing on there, This is quite a big deal for me at the moment because this drive was used to store all the family pictures from when my 3 children were babies up until a few years ago so it's somewhere in the reagion of 12 years worth of family pics that are lost, I'd be hugely gratefull if anyone like me that just keeps there old HDD's could take a look and see if you have any matching HDD's that you no longer use ?? Details of the drive follow Model: Maxtor Diamondmax 20 Size: 160gb * PATA S/N : 5LS5KRDR STM3160812A P/N : 9DN032-326 Firmware: 3.AAK If anyone does have a similar drive they no longer use then i'd be eternally gratefull if you could part with it so I can just maybe get my files back, *** Crosses Fingers *** Thanks all P.S. Will add pictures later if needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unchileno Posted October 11, 2010 Member ID: 101 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 109 Topic Count: 764 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 8133 Content Per Day: 1.52 Reputation: 6747 Achievement Points: 61498 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 27 Birthday: 01/23/1974 Device: iPhone Share Posted October 11, 2010 Wow ..I hope this works out for you M8..I will keep my eyes open for sure..I just finnish clonning my old hard drive cause of the same problem..GOOD LUCK BRO.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
loaderXI Posted October 11, 2010 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 392 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6418 Content Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 6495 Achievement Points: 54344 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 30 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 08:34 AM Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted October 11, 2010 I dont have but will check around for ya..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WolfTiS Posted October 11, 2010 Member ID: 1130 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 28 Topic Count: 216 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2267 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 586 Achievement Points: 17291 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 12, 2021 Birthday: 04/02/1948 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Ph4ntOm, I have an 80 gig Western Digital Caviar Enhanced IDE Hard Drive model number WD8003JB-OOETAO if that will help. Let me know bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Ph4nt0m Posted October 11, 2010 Member ID: 1 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 39 Topic Count: 162 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1909 Content Per Day: 0.42 Reputation: 121 Achievement Points: 11489 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/06/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 4, 2020 Birthday: 06/28/1975 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 Hey thanks Wolftis, but i'm pretty sure it has to be the exact same size/model number for a board swap to work, I've heard of people that have managed to do it successfully with Seagate and Maxtor because there actually the same company but am 100% sure it has to be the same size disk drive because of the head positioner on the board, but thank you all the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2fewbeers Posted October 11, 2010 Member ID: 1685 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 82 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 1 Achievement Points: 596 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 8, 2022 Birthday: 08/08/1977 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Ive got a maxtor 120 sata and a 80 pata, both diamondbacks. let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey1799 Posted October 11, 2010 Member ID: 559 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 28 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 627 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 47 Achievement Points: 3492 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16 Birthday: 10/09/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted October 11, 2010 i there ph4nt0m i have got a western digital 160gb,but its sata drive which you are more then welcome to just need to pay postage from uk.i got 80gb one as well..............just let me no if its any good to you..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Ph4nt0m Posted October 11, 2010 Member ID: 1 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 39 Topic Count: 162 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1909 Content Per Day: 0.42 Reputation: 121 Achievement Points: 11489 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/06/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 4, 2020 Birthday: 06/28/1975 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 Thanks for the offers guys but i'm pretty sure it has to be exactly the same make and model for it to work, the sata controller board is quite a bit different than the IDE one, also the drive size has to be the same or the head positioner will be incorrect, but again, thank you guys for the offers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bama Posted October 11, 2010 Member ID: 19 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 101 Topic Count: 318 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4444 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 2763 Achievement Points: 29399 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 11 Birthday: 02/29/1968 Device: iPhone Share Posted October 11, 2010 Some here for $200 US, but I hope you find someone who will give you one. Last resort option at least. http://www.pinnaclemicro.com/computer/parts.php?s=20+160gb&cf=3 And here for $177 US: http://www.codemicro.com/store/product/9DN032326/Refurbished and here for $140 US: http://www.accparts.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=4&products_id=14810&osCsid=dd3102b0e479f8613f50be19d4b2bbff I figure you've done some searching, but I thought I'd include these just in case. Good Luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Ruggerxi Posted October 11, 2010 Member ID: 6 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 184 Topic Count: 2827 Topics Per Day: 0.53 Content Count: 11867 Content Per Day: 2.21 Reputation: 12941 Achievement Points: 106428 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 123 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 19 hours ago Birthday: 08/25/1976 Device: Windows Share Posted October 11, 2010 If one doesnt come through for you Phantom, send me a pm and I will help you out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted October 11, 2010 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted October 11, 2010 Sorry if this is too obvious but...eBay (UK)? I see there are several 160GB drives on there but no exact matches that I can see at the moment. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
X-RayXI Posted October 11, 2010 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6888 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 1371 Achievement Points: 44109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 27 Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Share Posted October 11, 2010 2fewbeers Ive got a maxtor 120 sata and a 80 pata, both diamondbacks. let me know Yeah same here. Thought I had a 160Gb but it was a 120Gb. That sucks. Phantom,....try the UDMA tool of WD and see if you can get it on UDMA66 or 100(stock it is 133). (this tool works with other brands too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
greywolf2 Posted October 11, 2010 Member ID: 35 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 44 Topic Count: 345 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4812 Content Per Day: 0.90 Reputation: 420 Achievement Points: 28063 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2010 ph4nt0m, I am sending you a pm as mine is i do believe almost a exact match...... Here is yours: Here is mine: Model: Maxtor Diamondmax 20 Model: Maxtor Diamondmax 21 Size: 160gb * PATA Size: 160gb * SATA S/N : 5LS5KRDR S/N : 6RA2A7JA STM3160812A STM3160815AS P/N : 9DN032-326 P/N : 9DS132-327 Firmware: 3.AAK Firmware: 3.AAD As you can see i have a SATA and yours id a PATA But i do believe the guts are about if not close............................ Let me know anyway...... I have a New 1TB i have loaded with windows but just have not transfered all my shit from the 160g yet------ But if it will work for ya let me know and i will transfer all of my stuff this weekend and send it to ya asap....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickJames Posted October 12, 2010 Member ID: 58 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 7 Topic Count: 370 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2552 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 3 Achievement Points: 16507 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 26, 2012 Birthday: 08/27/1975 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Let me know phantom if u are still needing a HD. I have numberous 200-640 gb hd's here ide and sata models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywolf2 Posted October 12, 2010 Member ID: 35 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 44 Topic Count: 345 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4812 Content Per Day: 0.90 Reputation: 420 Achievement Points: 28063 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2010 RickJames Let me know phantom if u are still needing a HD. I have numberous 200-640 gb hd's here ide and sata models. I do not think you ae grasping his meaning....... What he is trying to do is fix the HD he has so as he can get what he has on that drive off....... If he just replaces the HD he can not remove the pics he want to grab....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-RayXI Posted October 12, 2010 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6888 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 1371 Achievement Points: 44109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 27 Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Share Posted October 12, 2010 Yeah I think he wants to restore that drive by trying to take of the printplate/PCB or other parts to save the pictures and info's I just think that hardly will work or the serial on the PCB must match. The UDMA tool might can work as the UDMA66 will be slower. http://www.asci-red.net/tools.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
RickJames Posted October 12, 2010 Member ID: 58 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 7 Topic Count: 370 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2552 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 3 Achievement Points: 16507 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 26, 2012 Birthday: 08/27/1975 Share Posted October 12, 2010 greywolf2 RickJames Let me know phantom if u are still needing a HD. I have numberous 200-640 gb hd's here ide and sata models. I do not think you ae grasping his meaning....... What he is trying to do is fix the HD he has so as he can get what he has on that drive off....... If he just replaces the HD he can not remove the pics he want to grab....... I am an idiot what can I say lol. Thats to much reading for me. I will dig and see what I got around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-RayXI Posted October 12, 2010 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6888 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 1371 Achievement Points: 44109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 27 Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Share Posted October 12, 2010 Phantom! how about this? http://shop.ebay.co.uk/sis.html?_nkw=Maxtor+160GB+Hard+Drive+HDD+EIDE+160+GB+IDE+PATA+3+5 I see some low prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
RickJames Posted October 12, 2010 Member ID: 58 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 7 Topic Count: 370 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2552 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 3 Achievement Points: 16507 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 26, 2012 Birthday: 08/27/1975 Share Posted October 12, 2010 1 Open the computer by unscrewing the access door from the back of the computer. You may have to push a button or a release instead or in addition to this step. Disconnect the hard drive cables and unscrew the drive from the case. 2 Put the hard drive in a water proof plastic bag and freeze the hard drive for several hours if the drive itself is physically failing. 3 Take the drive out of the freezer and connect it to another computer as a secondary drive. Open the other computer and look for additional hard drive connections to connect the drive to. Plug a power cable into the drive. Leave the drive sitting next to the computer on a safe surface away from static electricity. 4 Open Windows Explorer and select the files you want to retrieve. Copy the files onto the other hard drive or CD or flash drive. 5 Install recovery software such as GetDataBack, Recover My Files or RecoveryFIx, if the hard drive is missing your files (see Resources). Run the software and choose the attached hard drive to scan. Select the files you want to be recovered if they are found and copy them to another drive. 6 Shut down the computer. Disconnect the crashed hard drive and close the computer case. If your hard drive is not physically damaged and just the operating system is corrupt, reinstall the drive in the first computer and reformat to use again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-RayXI Posted October 12, 2010 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6888 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 1371 Achievement Points: 44109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 27 Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Share Posted October 12, 2010 Yes good options. i know that Nurks still have a HDD in the freezer for over 3/4years now hehe I am just not sure if that will help with the clocking issue(s). Normally you see this alot in the past with WD drives and I never search for a solution. But so yes heard that one before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
RickJames Posted October 12, 2010 Member ID: 58 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 7 Topic Count: 370 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2552 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 3 Achievement Points: 16507 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 26, 2012 Birthday: 08/27/1975 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Replace the Drive's Controller Board. Inspect the drive's controller board carefully to see if it can be removed without exposing the drive's platters. Most drives will have an externally-mounted controller board. If not, stop here. Find a sacrificial drive. It is important to match the exact same model number and stepping. Remove the controller board of the failing drive. Remove the screws with the correct screwdrivers. Most drives use torx head which is available at home repair stores. Be careful, the screws are soft. Learn everything about how it is connected to the drive. Most drives are connected via ribbon cables and pin rows. Be gentle. Do not crimp or damage the connectors. Remove the controller board from the working drive. Again, be extremely careful. Attach the working board to the failing drive. Connect the drive to your computer or device and test. If it works, immediately copy your data onto another form of media or a different hard disk drive. If that didn't work, try to re-assemble the sacrificial drive with the working controller board. It should still work. Rub aluminum foil on the four connectors on the bottom of the failed hard disk near the center. This will take off any corrosion. Be careful not to damage any of the pins further to the back. Re-assemble the failing drive. Try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickJames Posted October 12, 2010 Member ID: 58 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 7 Topic Count: 370 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2552 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 3 Achievement Points: 16507 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 26, 2012 Birthday: 08/27/1975 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Here is why I said freeze it: This method surprises many, but it actually does work (depending on what happened to the drive). The idea is that freezing it will constrict loose parts long enough for the drive to work properly. Make sure you have a computer ready to plug the drive into and an external case. Place the hard drive into a baggy, seal it tightly, and put it in the freezer overnight. The next day, remove it from the baggy and put it in the external drive case. Transfer the data from the drive before it warms too much and crashes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPapaDean Posted October 12, 2010 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1197 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6521 Content Per Day: 1.25 Reputation: 4407 Achievement Points: 63389 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 01:44 AM Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted October 12, 2010 i SAY JUST LOOSEN YOUR ARSE HOLE UP AND IT'LL COME OUT JUST FINE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Ph4nt0m Posted October 12, 2010 Member ID: 1 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 39 Topic Count: 162 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1909 Content Per Day: 0.42 Reputation: 121 Achievement Points: 11489 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/06/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 4, 2020 Birthday: 06/28/1975 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 Thanks again guys, I didnt want to try the freezing method because even though it could work, there is a posibility that this could introduce moisture to the platters which will totally screw it beyond recovery, Thanks for the offer grey but am pretty sure that the controller board for SATA and IDE differ quite a lot, for a board swap to work it has to be the exact same model and firmware numbers, i have heard a few people that have managed to do this and get it to work for long enough to recover files from damaged drives so dont really want to try anything else until I can find an exact match for the drive that might screw it beyond recovery, Ray, thanks for the software links but as far as i'm aware, for any software to work the hdd has to be mounted in the OS and recognizable as a hdd, which it doesnt, it simply clicks when it's powered up which after a lot of research i've figured out is the head controller on the board more often than not, BUT !!! the link to the Seagate 160gb you posted looks very interesting, it's exactly the same appearance on the outside so I think i'll have a bid on that and see what the board looks like when it arrives, Thanks again to all for the offers, sugestions and advice, lets hope that this seagate one could be a good donor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-RayXI Posted October 12, 2010 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6888 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 1371 Achievement Points: 44109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 27 Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Share Posted October 12, 2010 We all know its only about you taking care of your porn. Once its recorverd share some pics man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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