Hard Disk went *sizzle*

Normally I'm the one coming to you for tech support Zerg, but I just did a research paper on data recovery! (Hooray) Now that I've explored the options, if you have indeed tried to plug it into an external enclosure and tried connecting it to a different computer, your only other options at data recovery are extremely pricey and mostly reserved for commercial entities. Hopefully someone can give you better news, but I don't think there is any

Jam it back in, in the dark.

A warranty won't help him get the data back though, it'll just get him a new hard drive... which is good too. If it were me and I had a little extra cash, I'd buy another identical hard drive and just try swapping out the disk circuit board... it would be fun and educational :P

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by packrat

Well, if the warranty gets a new hard drive of the exact same model, then why bother buying it?

Because I'm pretty sure they won't give him a new hard drive without taking the old one. That's the way it has worked for electronics I've had to seek out warranty options with, anyway. Maybe you're right, I dunno.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Secret Squirrel

I was looking into picking up a couple of these Seagate 1.5 TB drives until I read the reviews on Amazon, where nearly half of the respondents complain about drive failures. I don't think any of them experienced a situation quite like yours, but it's still not encouraging. This is a shame, because I've been happy with the Seagate 750 GB externals.

We've been doing this same thing in our IT lab, and we decided that going with WD is better even though its quite a bit more expensive.

How ya doing, buddy?