Could replacing an old hard drive's circuit board make it work again?
- by oscilatingcretin
I have a 12-year-old, 10gb Maxtor drive that died on me around 7 years ago, but I have not had the heart to throw it away. When the computer powers on, it whirrs silently as it tries to spin up and then it stops.
So, a few years ago, I sent it off for professional data recovery. They were able to retrieve quite a bit from it, but I know there's…