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Hard Drive failure issue.
Created 30th July 2011 @ 12:55
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Okay, so yesterday I was getting error messages that my HD was failing, it still ran fine etc. I turned off the PC and this morning Windows wouldn’t boot, so I went out and bought a new HD and now everything is fine.
However, all my stuff was on the old HD and I’d like to have it back, when I connect the old HD up including the new one, my PC hangs on a “Loading Operating System” screen, and doesn’t budge, disconnecting the broken HD fixes the issue.
Is this because my PC is trying to boot from the broken HD? Or is it just that it’s broken and just won’t allow it to be run on my PC because it has diseases?
You should set your new harddrive as the primary boot device in the BIOS.
I don’t know if you’ll be able to salvage anything from the broken one yourself though.
I already have, and when I search for the other HD nothing comes up, I guess that means that it’s pretty much dead?
My fragmovie was on that :(
Also, I’m sending it off as it’s still under warranty, but all my stuff and private information is stored on there, I might just be paranoid but shouldn’t I worry about this? I don’t think there would be a way to format it if it’s broken.
Last edited by WARHURYEAH,
put the broken hdd in freezer(go google to find how), that might get u few hrs of usability, so u can copy all or at least some files
edit: nvm, if ur going to send it back, then dont do it :D as it wont be usable anymore :D
Last edited by AnimaL,
could try plugging it into a usb caddy or look for a usb to sata cable (assuming its a sata drive)
Last edited by BoneS,
1.Put hdd inside about 3 sealed freezer bags
2.place in freezer for about an hour
3.Remove and plug into PC.
4.Cross fingers
5…………
6.win?
Quoted from WARHURYEAH
I already have, and when I search for the other HD nothing comes up, I guess that means that it’s pretty much dead?
Assuming it is a SATA drive and is properly connected (did you try to use the same SATA cable to connect the new drive?), seems like it’s dead.
Also, I’m sending it off as it’s still under warranty, but all my stuff and private information is stored on there, I might just be paranoid but shouldn’t I worry about this? I don’t think there would be a way to format it if it’s broken.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but most of the HDD companies do not care about personal data when it comes to warranty service, they simply replace the peace of hardware with a clean-one if the warranty conditions were met. On the other hand, there definitely are some companies that provide data recovery services.
Haven’t seen any of that kind of services provided by the warranty here, in Lithuania. It may be possible that there are some in civilized countries.
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1.Put hdd inside about 3 sealed freezer bags
2.place in freezer for about an hour
3.Remove and plug into PC.
4.Cross fingers
5…………
6.win?
Yeah, and hf if it’s a mechanical failure…
Last edited by ups,
Quoted from WARHURYEAH
Also, I’m sending it off as it’s still under warranty, but all my stuff and private information is stored on there, I might just be paranoid but shouldn’t I worry about this? I don’t think there would be a way to format it if it’s broken.
1. Yes, that should be of great concern to you considering the way large corporations have been shown to treat customer data in the past.
2. A format will not help you. You need to have a single pass of something over it. It doesn’t matter what it is (PRNG output, zeroes)… anything will do (for now, until some better method is devised for data recovery). A format will not wipe the data, it will merely format it.
3. Bear in mind they’ll no doubt wipe it all after they’re done (and/or completely replace the drive). Don’t expect your data to come back.
The amount of uneducated crap in this thread is completely astounding.
Now spin it down, and keep it spun down. The longer you keep that thing on (or worse, mounted) the more stuff you are liable to damage. The only reason you should even consider spinning it back up is to run ddrescue.
Last edited by octochris,
as far as i know its cheaper for them to replace drive than repair it… so yeah, you wont get the data after u send drive
Last edited by AnimaL,
They never repair drives, you just get a new one. So backup and fill the drive with random data. And if you can’t do that, I wouldn’t worry to much about data being on there, unless it’s really illegal like CP or something ;). I bet they get tons of drives with random shit on it.
Last edited by Koeitje,
If it doesn’t work slaved then you could always buy an external SATA caddy and try plugging it in via usb and seeing if it can detect the drive. If it does you could try a program called Spinrite or HDTune to help recover data. The only reason the company ask for your disc back is so people don’t abuse warrenty replacements and get a free HDD.
If you have anything particulary life important like essays etc a company i have used in the past called “Ontrack” will pretty much recover anything possible, although it’ll cost you.
You can indeed put it in the freezer but that will only work for certain problems and for a short amount of time, and will no doubt invalidate your warrenty.
Last edited by Tapley ❤,
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