The motor will not spin the hard drive,can i take an exact same drive and transfer the motors to get my data and family photo albums off it??

Two things die on most hard drives, The really serious one is that the spindle motor coil opens up and you have a dead motor. But, most of the issues with hard drives ends up being the controller board dying. Look at the model number of your drive and see if you can find a good used one on Ebay that has the exact same model number. They have to match! After getting the same drive usually at a bargain price you then swap the controller boards and they try out your drive. Almost 100% success for me as I have done this many times for friends, family and others who had a drive that died for no reason. Now, if you have dropped your drive then kiss it good bye as the head structure will be totally destroyed! I have taken those apart and removed the platters and put them into a matching drive, this is not for the novice user to do. but its is worth the try if the data is very important. good luck

there's no error code like that
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101: EXPOSURE LAMP PROBLEM

120:SCANNER HOME PROBLEM

121:SCANNER HOME

124:SCANNER MOTOR PROBLEM

125:SCANNER MOTOR PROBLEM

126:SCANNER MOTOR PROBLEM

127:SCANNER MOTOR PROBLEM

129:SCANNER MOTOR PROBLEM

130:SICU / SBU PROBLEMS

300:CHARGE CORONA PROBLEMS

301:CHARGE CORONA PROBLEM

303:CHARGE GRID PROBLEM

304:CHARGE GRID PROBLEM

305:CHARGER UNIT WIRE CLEANER PROBLEM

306:CHARGER UNIT WIRE CLEANER PROBLEM

310-316:DRUM POTENTIAL SENSOR ERROR ISSUES

321:LASER UNIT WRITE PROBLEM

322:LASER UNIT 1 SYNCH. PROBLEM

323:LASER UNIT DRIVE PROBLEM

335-338:POLYGON MOTOR PROBLEMS

340-342:TONER DENSITY SENSOR ERROR ISSUES

345:DEVELOPER BIAS PROBLEM

350-355:IMAGE DENSITY SENSOR PROBLEMS

360:HARD DISK 1 PROBLEM

361:HARD DISK 2 PROBLEM

362:HARD DISK 1 PROBLEM

363:HARD DISK 2 PROBLEM

364:HARD DISK 1 PROBLEM

365:HARD DISK 2 PROBLEM

366:HARD DISK 1 PROBLEM

367:HARD DISK 2 PROBLEM

370-375:IMAGE COMPRESSION ERROR

376-377: SICU,IMAGE COMPRESSION ERROR

380-383:IMAGE DATA TRANSFER PROBLEM(SICU, SBU,PRINT CONTROLLER)

384-385:IMAGE DATA TRANSFER PROBLEM WHEN TANDEM IS USED(SBU,INTERFACE

BOARD,SICU,PRINT CONTROLLER)

390:TANDEM IMAGE DATA TRANSFER ERROR(NOISE,SICU,INTERFACE BOARD)

391-392:IMAGE STORAGE ADDRESS ERROR(SICU391-01)

395:CD-R/RW ERROR, INTERFACE BOARD ISSUES

397:CD ACCESS ERROR

398:CD-R/RW DATA ERROR

400:TRANSFER BIAS ROLLER ISSUES

401:TRANSFER ROLLER

430:QUENCHING LAMP ERROR

440:DRUM MOTOR LOCKED

441:DEVELOPER MOTOT LOCKED

491:LASER COOLING FAN LOCKED

495:TONER BOTTLE PROBLEM

496:TONER COLLECTOR BOTTLE PROBLEM

501:LIFT PROBLEMS FOR TRAY 1

502:LIFT PROBLEMS FOR TRAY 2

503:LIFT PROBLEMS FOR TRAY 3

504:LCT 1ST TRAY PICKUP OR LIFT PROBLEM

505:LCT 2ND TRAY PICKUP OR LIFT PROBLEM

506:LCT 3RD TRAY PICKUP OR LIFT PROBLEM

510:PAPER FEED MOTOR PROBLEMS

511:LCT MOTOR PROBLEM

515:TANDEM REAR FENCE MOTOR PROBLEM

520-521:DUPLEX JUGGER MOTOR PROBLEMS

531:FUSING DUPLEX MOTOR LOCKED

532:RELAY MOTOR LOCK

541:OPEN FUSER THERMISTOR

542:LOW FUSER TEMPERATURE

543:HIGH FUSER TEMPERATURE

544:HIGH FUSER TEMPERATURE

545:HIGH FUSER TEMPERATURE

546:LOW FUSER TEMPERATURE

547:ZERO CROSS PROBLEM

550:WEB EXPIRED

591:TONER SUPPLY MOTOR PROBLEMS

592:TONER BANK MOTOR PROBLEMS

601:SBICU TO SBU COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS

602:SBICU TO HARD DISK DRIVE BOARD COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS

620-622:SBICU TO ADF COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS

625-626:BCU TO FINISHER COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS

630:LINE ADOPTER TO CSS CENTER COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS

640-645:BCH TO SICU COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS

646:SICU PROBLEM

650-653:COUNTER ERROR JAPAN

701:ADF P/U ROLLER PROBLEMS

702:ADF FEED MOTOR PROBLEM

703:ADF TRANSPORT BELT MOTOR PROBLEM

704:ADF EXIT MOTOR PROBLEM

705:ADF ORIGINAL TABLE LIFT ISSUES

720:FINISHER LOWER TRANSPORT MOTOR ISSUES

722:FINISHER JOGGER MOTOR ISSUES

724:FINISHER STAPLER HAMMER PROBLEMS

725:FINISHER STACK EXIT MOTOR PROBLEMS

726:FINISHER SHIFT MOTOR PROBLEMS

727:FINISHER STAPLER ROTATION PROBLEMS

729:FINISHER PUNCH MOTOR PROBLEMS

730:FINISHER STAPLER MOTOR PROBLEMS

735:FINISHER PAPER STACK PLATE MOTOR PROBLEMS

736:FINISHER EXIT GUIDE MOTOR PROBLEMS

737:FINISHER FULL STAPLER HOPPER

738:FINISHER SHIFT TRAY LIFT MOTOR PROBLEMS

739:FINISHER FOLDER PLATE MOTOR ERROR

740:FINISHER FRONT SADDLE STITCH STAPLER MOTOR PROBLEMS

741:FINISHER REAR SADDLE STITCH STAPLER MOTOR PROBLEMS

742:FINISHER JOGGER SIDE FENCE MOTOR

750:COVER INTERPOSER BOTTOM PLATE MOTOR PROBLEMS

800:VIDEO OUT TRANSFER,CONTROLLER BOARD

804:VIDEO OUT TRANSFER,CONTROLLER BOARD

818:OPTIONAL BOARD,CONTROLLER BOARD, SYSTEM PROGRAM

819:BAD SOFTWARE

820:CONTROLLER BOARD OR SOFTWARE

821:CONTROLLER BOARD

822:HDD PROBLEM

823:NIB, CONTROLLER BOARD

824:CONTROLLER BOARD, NVRAM

825:NVRAM ERROR

826:NVRAM

827:CONTROLLER BOARD, RAM

828:SOFTWARE,ROM,CONTROLLER

829:RAM, CONTROLLER

835:CONTROLLER,CENTRONIC LOOPBACK CONNECTOR

836-837:FONT DEVICE

838:CONTROLLER BOARD

850:IP ADDRESS,CONTROLLER BOARD,NIB

851:1394 I/F CONNECTIONB,I/F INTERFACE,CONTROLLER BOARD

860-861:HDD

862:HDD BAD SECTORS

863:HDD

864:DATA TRANSFER ISSUES

865:HDD

900:NVRAM PROBLEM.ELECTRICAL COPY COUNTER

901:MECHANICAL COUNTER ISSUES

921:IMB, BICU FAILING

922:IMB, BICU FAILING

924:DRAM,BICU,IMB FAILING

925:BICU, IMB FAILING

926:BICU, IMB FAILING

951:F-GATE SIGNAL ERROR PROBLEMS

953:SCANNER IMAGE SETTING ERROR ISSUES

954:PRINTER IMAGE SETTING ERROR ISSUES

955:MEMORY SETTING ERROR ISSUES

964:PRINTER READY ERROR ISSUES

966:POLYGON MOTOR PROBLEM

970:SCANNER READY ERROR

980:HDD ACCESS ERROR

981:BICU, NVRAM

982:HDD CONSTRUCTION ERROR

984-987:HDD DATA TRANSFER ERROR

990:SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE ERROR

991:REBOOT SOFTWARE ERROR

997-998:DIMM, RAM ERROR

999:PROGRAM DOWNLOAD ERRORS

Where did you receive that photo? On your computer or in email? Usually you can transfer photos from your computer to your iPhone via iTunes, Dropbox app or iTransfer.
How to Transfer Photos from PC to iPhone

The motor is inside the sealed hard drive case. Replacing the mechanical motor is impossible without a clean room. Dust will destroy the drive. Try and transfer the data off of the drive as soon as possible. Then check the warranty status here:
WD Support Warranty RMA Services

If the hard drive does not spin up the the hard drive is faulty.
It is not possible to recover data from faulty hard drivesby mortals such as you and I.
There are companies that can recover data from faulty and damaged hard drivesBUT they wll charge an arm and a leg for their services.

Try using seatools to repair your drive you can download it here http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=SeaTools&vgnextoid=720bd20cacdec010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

If seatools can't repair your drive you can use seagates file recovory software to save as many of you pics as posible that is available here http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=file-recovery&vgnextoid=3cec96a72885a210VgnVCM1000001a48090aRCRD

hi,
you can recover lost data even after formatting..
try using the software called "get data back for fat & ntfs" cheers!! let me know...

when you say its not running you mean there is no spinning
sound of the platters ? or the unit doesn't work by way of not
being recognized by the computer ? , if the platters are not
spinning the unit's drive motor is burned out , if the unit is
not being recognized by the computer means the platters
are not spinning up to the required RPM , you have 2 choices
1. you can obtain an exact match HDD or to make sure you are
within close proximity to the last 4 digits of the serial number
to harvest workable components to transfer to the broken HDD
to retrieve your Data , or 2. send your HDD to an authorized
specialist in Data recovery , there are many listed online to
choose from .

Hi,
if your HD don't had a head crash you will have a chance to copy your data to a new HD.
You need exactly the same disk with exactly the same controll PCA revision. Take a look at ebay or a second hand dealer.
In case you get one, built the new contoll PCA into your dead HD.
Be very carfull about foil cables and connectors between the HD case and the PCA.

I had a similar problem with a blown motor driver chip in a Maxtor drive and changed the PCA. All worked fine and I could save the data.

Good luck !

There are also companies who are specialized for data recovery but the are very expensive.