The advice is to try drivesavers.com before the data is gone gone gone.
Bob
Hi,
Ive been pulling what hair i have out today, my pc was fried. got all new parts and now am trying to recover my data.
Replaced the circuit board with identical hdd, it at least now spins like it should however in bios it reads 0.0gb and says it a pata when it is sata. confusing.
Wondering if i change the chip board back to the old hdd and do a fresh install then swap back over.
OR
Is there any way i can fix the communication between the circuit board and the disks????
Brett

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