kpholmes Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 External Hard Drive with IDE connection won't start spinning, any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Use it as a doorstop or a paperweight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_bone65 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Slap that mutha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 External Hard Drive with IDE connection won't start spinning, any suggestions? Is it getting power? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh 0ne Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Check here: http://club.cdfreaks.com/f138/dead-hard-dr...-spin-up-57921/ Other than power supply problems, stiction (static friction) is the usual cause of a hard drive's failure to spin. The drive heads become stuck to the platter and the motor can't overcome the sticking force. To fix this problem, the platters must be rotated with enough force to free the heads. Twisting the drive violently in the same horizonal plane as the heads will usually free them. The inertia of the heavy platters tends to keep them from moving while the heads are moved around them. If this doesn't work, let us know and we can pursue "last resort" methods to get the drive spinning again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh 0ne Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 FWIW, there's tons of additional good info in that thread. Them's a bunch of nerds over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Check here: http://club.cdfreaks.com/f138/dead-hard-dr...-spin-up-57921/ Is that "last resort" the rubber mallet method? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Is that "last resort" the rubber mallet method? No. Last resort with a sticking hard drive is to don heavy footwear and punt the drive across at least two back yards. That usually fixes them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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