How I fixed my broken Seagate Barracuda HDD - useful tech guide - GoFuckYourself.com

just a punk · 01-23-2008, 06:11 PM

Some time ago I got my Seagate Barracuda 350Gb broken because of jammed spindle. A guy from a tech service told me it's a serious problem and it would cost me about $1.5K to fix it in case if such an operation will be successful (he denied to guarantee that). He told me they need to disassemble it in special hermetic camera in order to move the magnetic disks to another HDD of a same type.

Now what I did. Do you remember that Russian guy from "Armageddon" the movie? I did... the same thing he he always did in critical situation when some device refused to work. I hit my HDD's lateral face up the floor. And the motor launched!

Actually I don't need that Seagate shit anymore and have no will to use it in future because it could jam again at anytime. But I was able to transfer all the important info to another drive!

Project-Shadow · 01-23-2008, 06:20 PM

Tis the best thing to do when you have a fucked drive.. give it a few smacks then when it starts up again copy everything you need from it... THEN BURN IT.

Spunky · 01-23-2008, 06:32 PM

That's a pretty smart move..lucky

hateman · 01-23-2008, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by cyberxxx

Some time ago I got my Seagate Barracuda 350Gb broken because of jammed spindle. A guy from a tech service told me it's a serious problem and it would cost me about $1.5K to fix it in case if such an operation will be successful (he denied to guarantee that). He told me they need to disassemble it in special hermetic camera in order to move the magnetic disks to another HDD of a same type.

Now what I did. Do you remember that Russian guy from "Armageddon" the movie? I did... the same thing he he always did in critical situation when some device refused to work. I hit my HDD's lateral face up the floor. And the motor launched!

Actually I don't need that Seagate shit anymore and have no will to use it in future because it could jam again at anytime. But I was able to transfer all the important info to another drive!

who gives a shit you stupid russian dork

just a punk · 01-23-2008, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by hateman

who gives a shit you stupid russian dork

I love you too babe

01-23-2008, 06:11 PM	#1
just a punk So fuckin' bored Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 32,386	How I fixed my broken Seagate Barracuda HDD - useful tech guide Some time ago I got my Seagate Barracuda 350Gb broken because of jammed spindle. A guy from a tech service told me it's a serious problem and it would cost me about $1.5K to fix it in case if such an operation will be successful (he denied to guarantee that). He told me they need to disassemble it in special hermetic camera in order to move the magnetic disks to another HDD of a same type. Now what I did. Do you remember that Russian guy from "Armageddon" the movie? I did... the same thing he he always did in critical situation when some device refused to work. I hit my HDD's lateral face up the floor. And the motor launched! Actually I don't need that Seagate shit anymore and have no will to use it in future because it could jam again at anytime. But I was able to transfer all the important info to another drive! __________________ Obey the Cowgod Last edited by just a punk; 01-23-2008 at 06:12 PM..

01-23-2008, 06:32 PM	#3
Spunky I need a beer Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ♠ Toiletville ♠ Posts: 133,944	That's a pretty smart move..lucky __________________ *YOUR INFORMATION HERE*

01-23-2008, 06:20 PM	#2
Project-Shadow Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 7,340	Tis the best thing to do when you have a fucked drive.. give it a few smacks then when it starts up again copy everything you need from it... THEN BURN IT.