Hdd Problem

[djino]

I have one Maxtor slim (one plate) disk.The size is 40 GB.He become unstable
and
I lose my all my data.Bios see the disk just fine.But any system(windows or
Unix)
do not see him.I try to repair it from dos with
pqmagic,fdisk/mbr,Unix fips etc.But the error is still there.Neither one OS
( windows or Unix-linux,Free Bsd,Suse) can see the disk.After i realise that
the electornic part are OK I decide to open itand reverse the plate
I Heard that when they assembling HARD DISK's in factories they
use Procedure for creating null or boot sector.They conect the power (12 V)
on some pins on HDD .When the power is on the chip on hdd write
sector on the disc plate.In this sector we can create boot
sector.Considering i reverse
the plate in the disc. I wonder is there somebody who know anyhow to do
this.Or is
there any plan or diagram or something similarly that can create that null
(boot) sector.
If somebody have any information about this topic or URL,forum i will be
very
appreciative


Please e-mail me at pheniks@eunet.yu
Thanks in Advance

 

[William P.N. Smith]

"djino" <pheniks@eunet.yu> wrote:

I have one Maxtor slim (one plate) disk.The size is 40 GB.He become unstable

You need to run the Maxtor diagnosics on it and send it back under
warranty if it fails (or discard it if it's no longer under warranty).

the electornic part are OK I decide to open itand reverse the plate

Opening a disk drive without the proper environment and tooling is a
sure way to destroy it. Even the manufacturers don't repair most
warranty drives, but send you a new one, as it's cheaper than trying
to repair them.

--
William Smith
ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com