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Just want to see if anyone has any ideas, my 320 GB HDD which was my Windows 8 partition in this machine needs to be copied, I really need the Data from it. I have a replacement Hard Drive, but the 320 gigger won't stay spinning, it stops after about half an hour if that long. SMART says the drive is OK, but it just falls off the SATA Bus after a short time.
I have several other WD Drives that use the exact same Control Board, I've tried swapping them out but so far none of them have been able to read the drive. I still have a few more to try from my huge box of old drives.
I have a 1 TB Black faced WD to move it into, so I'm just trying to figure out how to get this moved, or to get the drive running for a day so I can use the Partition Manager. I'm sure there is nothing wrong with the platter, how if I took apart on old 160 Gig and stuck the 320 platter in? I also have about 3 other 320 giggers I could use.
I stuck this in General, probably should be Hardware but this isn't strictly a Windows 8 Problem, just want to see if there are any solutions that don't require me to pay 1000 bucks to a data recovery place.
I have several other WD Drives that use the exact same Control Board, I've tried swapping them out but so far none of them have been able to read the drive. I still have a few more to try from my huge box of old drives.
I have a 1 TB Black faced WD to move it into, so I'm just trying to figure out how to get this moved, or to get the drive running for a day so I can use the Partition Manager. I'm sure there is nothing wrong with the platter, how if I took apart on old 160 Gig and stuck the 320 platter in? I also have about 3 other 320 giggers I could use.
I stuck this in General, probably should be Hardware but this isn't strictly a Windows 8 Problem, just want to see if there are any solutions that don't require me to pay 1000 bucks to a data recovery place.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
- CPU
- AMD 4400+/4200+
- Motherboard
- Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
- Memory
- 2 GB/3GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
- Sound Card
- nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
- Screen Resolution
- "1842 x 1036"
- Hard Drives
- WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
WD My Book 1140 USB Device
- PSU
- Works 550w
- Case
- MSI "M-Box"
- Cooling
- Water Cooled
- Keyboard
- Dell Keyboard
- Mouse
- Microsoft Intellimouse
- Internet Speed
- Cable Medium Speed
- Browser
- Chrome/IE 10
- Antivirus
- Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
- Other Info
- Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.