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Bob Said,
December 26th, 2006 @3:56 pm  

Hi. I have two 40GB Maxtor 34098H4 hard drives, one of which died completely three months ago. The BIOs will not recognize it and it will not spin when my computer is powered up. The dead drive does not make any noise. After doing some research, I found two seemingly possible methods of getting a dead drive to spin which each have supporters and detractors. The two methods are possible alternatives (To those who cannot afford it) to paying thousands of dollars to a professional firm with a sealed clean room to recover data. The first method involves finding the same model hard drive as the dead one with the exact PCB (Printed Circuit Board) and then swapping the PCB from the good drive into the dead one to make it spin. The second method involves putting the dead drive into a Ziplock storage bag and putting it into the freezer overnight and then taking the drive out and pray that the hard drive will spin. I wanted to try the first method but after examining my good hard drive, which is of the same size and model as the dead one, I found that the PCBs are slightly different. So, the first method will not work for me (I don’t have the time and resources to try to find an exact PCB for the dead drive). I was wondering, would the second method work? Many people have claimed that the second method works and others have claimed that it would end up damaging the drive heads or platters even further. In your experience, have you tried the second method and what is the success rate for making the hard drive spin again so that data can be recovered? I just want to recover some old pictures and music from my dead drive. Any assistance you can offer is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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saad khan Said,
April 13th, 2007 @9:26 am  

i wanna purchase 320GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
tell me the dealers name in India

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Pratul Said,
May 29th, 2007 @9:20 am  

I want to purchase 320GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
tell me the dealers name in India & also the indicate price

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Raj Said,
November 2nd, 2007 @6:16 am  

I want purchase 160GB & 320GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
tell me the dealers name & also the indicate price in Hyderabad(India)
This is very URGENT. PLEASE inform me ASAP.

Thanks & Regarding
RAJ.

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Puspen Said,
December 22nd, 2007 @3:41 pm  

I want to purchase 160GB & 320GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive can anybody please e-mail me the price and the dealers in Kolkata.
This is very URGENT. PLEASE inform me ASAP.
An early repsonse is highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Puspen

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NARENDRA Said,
June 14th, 2008 @8:36 am  

I want to purchase 320GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
tell me the dealers name in India & also price.

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sainath Said,
June 23rd, 2008 @9:53 am  

hello i had listened that there is a 320gb usb drive.

can any one give the details of such so.

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Himansu Nahak Said,
August 7th, 2008 @1:59 pm  

i want to know about the price of the hard disk

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umesh Said,
November 17th, 2008 @7:45 am  

i want purchase 320gb External Hardrive sent me the mail delears name & contacts. thanks umesh

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Amrutha Said,
December 24th, 2008 @9:40 am  

i want to purchase this 320 gb external hard drive. please send me the dealers name in visakhapatnam(india).

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sundar Said,
January 10th, 2009 @9:53 am  

i want to purchase this 320 gb external hard drive. please send me the dealers name in pondicherry(india).

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Reviews Said,
July 3rd, 2009 @8:56 am  

The first method involves finding the same model hard drive as the dead one with the exact PCB and then swapping the PCB from the good drive into the dead one to make it spin.

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