These are some real problems experienced by ST9100823A and Seagate hard drives in general that we see in our lab. We are not affiliated in any way with hard drive manufacturers. All the information below is based solely on our experience and we do not make any claims regarding reliability of the specific model. We see mostly failed drives in our lab and therefore we don't have complete statistics.
It is a Seagate(ST9100823A) and we plugged it up to a tester today and it did nothing. No clicks, thrashing, nothing. It is for a NCO of mine who is in Iraq who wanted to see if he could retrieve his photos, info, etc...off of it. I was told I could buy another replacement and switch out the disks, but I thought I should check with a source first, such as yourself. I figure it is a done deal, but maybe you could be of some help.
Drive doesn't ID in BIOS. No clicking, but can't boot up. Lost the firmware it seems ... Just used a few dos programs but didn't write anything to the drive... Originally known as ST9100823A(by Seagate).
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