Spinpoint V120CE PATA HA250JC 250 Gb Samsung Hard Drive Data Recovery

Mariano F.
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Samsung SP0411N

Drive spins at power on but stops after a few seconds, BIOS doesn't detect Drive.
Original drive (labeled "A") PCB blew as result of a power supply failure, we got a new identical drive (labeled "B") and replaced PCB, drive then showed the above described symptoms (Spins for a few seconds)
We returned new PCB to the new drive, that still worked fine, and then swapped platters, the bug followed the platter, the new drive with the original platter fails, and the old drive with the new logic and the new platter works fine. Data to recover is now in platter installed in new drive, labeled "B".

• We would like to thank you very, very much for getting our data, when we thought it was gone, considering what we had tried with the drive in the order to get the data off. Your professionalism is outstanding. We will definitely use your company services if the need occurs at the time.
  Thanks a lot,
  Mariano F.

Sean M.
Sean Murray Cinematography
Burbank, CA USA

Computer crashed while I was using web browser, then computer would not reboot. It hung up on an error message saying that some file in Windows was missing. Could not get restarted.
Took computer to CompUSA. They tried to save my data, but could not, I had them install new hard drive and give me the old one back.

• Thanks,
  Sean