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One last question about my failed hard disk
#370671 - 10/31/17 12:36 AM
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When I open the disk manager (win7), it asks me to initialize it, but after I choose MBR or GPT, it says CRC error. Brick?
I also tried to dump the first blocks of the drive with a linux live cd and that dd utility, but ofc it refused to work since it can't access it either. Brick brick?
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I can't get it right / Get it right / Since I met you...
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Re: One last question about my failed hard disk
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#370686 - 10/31/17 03:05 PM
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Yup.
If it has data that is really that important to you (but not important enough for paid data recovery service) and/or you like experimenting, the last-ditch recovery effort would be to get a matching replacement PCB and carefully swap the BIOS chip. They are extremely easy to remove with a hot air rework station.
It's probably something to the tune of 1 in 300 chance that doing this will let you recover data and/or use of the drive, so really, only if you think it would be fun and you'd rather spend $20-$40 on a used board than spend $100 on a new, bigger drive.
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