Recent content by BadSeagate

Thanks, Norty303...I deserve that one...

Try OnTrack software (www.ontrack.com). They have a Data Recovery program (free download) where I used on a badly corrupted HD and recovered a lot of what I needed.

Thanks for the vote of confidence...John

I violated the first rule of computing and that was not making regular back ups. A couple of firms quoted me $1100.00 to recover 14 months of family jpgs and docs. All in all, around 1,000 files. If I'd buy a replacement HD (identical to mine) and swap the circuit boards and be able to...

Thanks for your insites. I was planning on buying an identical (by model number) HD. If I were to replace just the circuit board, I wouldn't be cracking open the HD, would I? I wouldn't want to do that...

Hi all...I have a Seagate 60GB which just died on my PC. The CMOS/BIOS does not find it; it's reporting "HD not found". I tried ONTrack software and it does not detect a HD on my system. I removed it and installed on another system--same issue. The HD ticks once every 3-4...