hard disk drive

[gcguy]

I am looking for help.

I bought a new pc for home and decided to transfer the data from the old one by connecting the old drive as a slave. The upshot is I have burnt out the control board for the old drive.
I managed to get a new board for the drive but the firmware is the wrong version. The drive spins up but I get an error in dos.

I am not at all fussed about getting the drive back, only the data, two years of pictures of my kids. Commercial data recovery firms are ridiculously expensive. Any ideas, or does anybody know where I can get the right board.

GCguy

[HbJ]

Okay...

- What drive (model etc.) do you have?
- How do you know you've burnt out the control board?
- Which error do you get in DOS?

[gcguy]

Its a Western digital 80gig hdd. The board was hot after I had connected it and the chip now has a raised spot on it. I replaced the control board, the hdd spins up but the disk is not recognised as the right model so the pc will not recognise it. I have done a bit of searching and the firmware issue seems quite common.

GCguy

[HbJ]

Holy ****...

- How could you fry the HDD in the first place (just to make sure it won't happen again)?
- Did you contact WD or your retailer about getting such an HDD or the logic board, maybe as a bargain?
- You could also look an eBay for such an HDD. Please give the exact model etc.

[gcguy]

Not sure how it happened, I have done what I was trying to do with another old blank hard drive and everything was ok. I have sourced another logic board but the firmware is wrong so no go. I need to find the exact revision of the card.

The model no is
wd800BB-60jkao
the card is
2060-001292-000 REV A

GCguy

[DR]

I'd scout Ebay...

For future reference, WD and other drive vendors have software available (usually free or free w/ purchase of HDD) that allows you to migrate all data from the old drive onto a new one before making the new one the master.

PS - I did look at my dead 80GB HDDs, but they're all Maxtors except for 1 Seagate. Sorry.