Jon Clare

Ishouldn't have placed the hard drive where I did but I did and now itwon't spin Itfell off a pile of magazines about 18" high onto a carpetedfloor and now all that I can hear is an intermittent beeping noisethat continues for about 2 minutes and then turns itself off I'vechecked various Youtube videos and it seems that the heads may bestuck on the platter. Therefore, I've dismantled the drive andattempted to pull the head off the platter. Iopened the drive cover and the head wasn't in park - it was overtowards the spindle TheYoutube videos all show the presenter placing his torx screwdriverinto the spindle and turning the platter anti-clockwise whilstpulling the head off the platter into park Myspindle has a smooth centre and so I can't put a screwdriver into itas there's nothing to grip onto. And, I can pull the head off butonly to the very edge of the platter and not further. It willprobably go further but never having one this type of thing before, Idon't know how much force can be used. Using a gloved hand, theplatter will not spin at all I'vebought another drive to back up the data onto but cannot get thedrive to spin. Anyoneany ideas ?? When I dismantled the Maxtor case, there was a SeagateBarracuda ST31000111AS drive inside. The drive seems to have 3platters Anotherforum has said that the drive is now junk as I didn't open the drivein a clean room (although this is presumed by the person who repliedas I didn't say this). However, there are many many Youtubevideos that say that the drive can be opened and data recovered if you're not looking to use the drive again as a main drive Thanksin advance JonC