Deskstar 180GXP IC35L040AVV207 07N9550 07N9218 40 Gb IBM Hard Drive Data Recovery

James B.
GSWW, Inc
Midland, Texas USA

IBM IC35L060AVVA07-0

System had been experiencing random failures for a couple of weeks. HD was checked with Hitachi GST Drive Fitness Test with a report of no errors. Did replace MB cooling equipment and a video card which seemed to fix the system. Three weeks later the system had a random crash and upon re-boot HD was not found in BIOS. Further investigation showed drive was not spinning up. Tried drive in three different computers as a slave and result was the same, no spin up and no BIOS recognition.

• Dear Sirs,
  I'd like to let you know, that I got all data back and sincerely thank you for a wonderful job you provided...
  James

Steve C.
Lilburn, Georgia USA

IBM IC35L040AVER07-0

The drive suddenly started making clicking noises and was no longer recognized by the system BIOS. I did not make any recovery attempts but
I have had two different companies attempt recovery. The board was checked out and verified to be functional. The board has not been modified or replaced. The drive was opened by a technician but only to visually inspect the internal components and verify there were no obvious physical problems.

• I am very pleased to be getting back the tax data. You did so great and what most important succeeded where others failed. Keep it up, you do amazing!!!
  Many Thanks,
  Steve C.