Storage Solutions Dropped my hdd

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Alright so I have a 3.5" Seagate 160 gb IDE drive which I've been using with a casing by TAG. Somehow, while taking it out from my bag, it slipped out of the casing and fell on the floor. :S

So I plugged it via USB and the light in the case flashes till it gets detected by windows. Then the light turns off. It gets detected on both - the bios and via usb on windows.

I removed it from the casing and plugged it into my mobo as it has IDE and started windows. It boots and then stops at the welcome screen on both XP and Win 7.

Now, I guess there is physical damage? I can't see it on the outside but it has to be inside. The hdd was rma'ed a while back and is still in warranty (till 2012). Will they take it back? The place is like an hour away from my home so I wouldn't want to waste my time.

Can it be repaired anywhere in the western suburbs (Mumbai)?

And I tried checking it with HD Tune. It stops responding as soon as I plug in the drive.
 
dont try repairing...just take it to the rma centre and dont speak about the drop....

If there is no visible physical damage from the outside then I think they will rma it...

just go there and say there is a problem with ur hard drive and u want it rma'd ...

I got my burnt HDD rma'd :P
 
anfjavid said:
You may even get a higher capacity hdd since 160gb is pretty obsolete..
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This one had gone dead a few months back. Although they repaired it according to the label on the hdd. So yeah, if I get a new one...maybe a higher capacity one.
 
i had a simmilar incident with my western digital my passport, it was being dropped just after disconnection from usb (disks still spinning) but even after that i didnt faced any problems,

just sharing my experiance.
 
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dragon hunter said:
hey buddy any updates..

have they accepted the hdd
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So I went on 2nd Jan I think and I got a text today saying hdd is ready. Will collect tomorrow. Took them about 10-11 days so it's pretty decent. Took them 25 days the last time I gave it for RMA.
 
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