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Hard drive problems

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Hey guys, I just got finished building the rig for my girlfried I asked for help on earlier last week (it turned out great, thanks again), but I'm having kind of a weird problem.
I guess I'll back up a little. My girlfriend needed a new computer because the power supply on her old one fritzed out and took the computer with it. That's fine, it was time to upgrade anyways, but there is a hard drive from the old computer that is giving me trouble. I know it's pretty likely that the power supply messed it up somehow, but I'm crossing my fingers that someone here might be able to help.
It's an older Maxtor IDE drive, and when I plug it into the new computer, the computer refuses to boot. It will flicker on and spin the fans once then I have to unplug it from the wall a few times before it will boot back up (after I've unplugged the drive).
I'm just confused how a bad hard drive could cause the computer to do that. Anyways, the hard drive has some pretty valuable stuff, so is there anything you guys can think of to do short of sending it off for data recovery or something? And if not, can anyone suggest some options for that? Thanks a lot.
 
I'm betting that something on the controller board fried and shorted out, when you turn the machine on it trips the power supply's short circuit protection and it shuts down and has to be reset before it'll restart. If that's the case, you might-and I stress might be able to recover the data by swapping the controller board with an identical one from an identical Maxtor drive that was made around the same time as the original. But that may not work, and it may be the spindle motor itself that was damaged, too.

In short, I think you're SOL as far as getting anything off that drive without hiring someone goes.
 
and when I plug it into the new computer, the computer refuses to boot. It will flicker on and spin the fans once then I have to unplug it from the wall a few times before it will boot back up (after I've unplugged the drive).
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Bad drives have been known to stop a computer from booting and I'd refrain from trying that again. It just doesn't sound healthy. :)

AAR, I'm with Siorus. You could try a controller board swap following the info here to find a donor drive.

Good Luck!
 
Thanks for the help guys, I'll look into that thought it seems like kind of a long shot. What would my options be for data recovery services? Can anyone recommend any specific services or anything? And what kind of money would be involved with this? Thanks again for the help.
 
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