Seagate 3TB does not detect

[slayernine]

I have a Seagate 3TB that refuses to detect in BIOS. So I set the the sata mode to IDE and IDE timeout to 30 seconds and after around 20 seconds it detects. Not very usable in this state, haven't been able to actually copy data from it as in Windows it doesn't show up and disk manager locks right up trying to read the disk info.

Is this sort of issue usually caused by PCB, disk platters, read head or motor?

If it is PCB I have another drive I could borrow the PCB from to try and scrape off some data. I have a bunch of home videos, gopro video among other things on it that I would like to recover.

Advice? Thanks in advance.

 

[Elixer]

So, it worked once, but now it don't detect correctly ?

While you could try another PCB from another HD of the same make/month/year it was made, if you really want stuff back, it is better to send it to a recovery house, and let them do it.

You *might* have better luck using linux to recover the files, but again, I wouldn't mess with the HD unless everything on it, isn't that important.

While this won't help now, this is also another reason why you really need backups of important data.

 

[fzabkar]

You can't just swap PCBs. You need to transfer a serial flash memory chip from patient to donor. In any case it doesn't sound like a PCB issue. Instead the fault appears to be an internal one, possibly a bad head or a firmware problem.