Hard Drive died.

jak/mar

Hey guys,
I was fixing a computer for a friend complaining that it was running slow. I took the drive out of the laptop and plugged it into my computer. I started scanning the drive with malwarebytes and it stopped responding. I closed malwarebytes and plugged out the hard drive and put it back in.
Now it doesn't appear in explorer and when i view it in disk management it says that it isn't initialized. I try to initialize it but it comes up with "Data Error (Cyclic-Redundancy Check)". I tried the drive in another computer and the same thing happens. I got down on my hands and knees and noticed that the drive doesn't spin up as i power it up.
Does anyone have any idea how to get the drive to power up even to recover the data off it?

Many Thanks,
jak/mar

Merl1n

Can you run a chkdsk on it

It might have failed, a slow computer can be a sign of a failing drive

johndoe99

jak/mar wrote: »

I try to initialize it but it comes up with "Data Error (Cyclic-Redundancy Check)".

This means that Windows tried to run a Cyclic-Redundancy Check, and found errors. The HD in this case has failed.

You could try a caddy to get the files off it, but its 50/50 if the caddy will power it up.

GHOST MGG

yep im afraid it sounds like the drive is dead..a caddy is probably your best bet.they are cheap enough on ebay etc..but if that fails your looking at expense to have your drive data professionaly retrieved.

whizbang

try the freezer trick...

SteelyDanJalapeno

Drive's dead

PropJoe10

The freezer trick is well dodgy and has a very low success rate. If its vital to retrieve the data, definitely dont try the freezer trick - professional recovery would be your only option.

Sparks43

R.I.P HDD

Goodnight sweet prince


Dont try freezing it caddy is the best option maybe try a third party tool like EaseUS to see if it can be rescued.

Best of luck

PropJoe10

PropJoe10 wrote: »

The freezer trick is well dodgy and has a very low success rate. If its vital to retrieve the data, definitely dont try the freezer trick - professional recovery would be your only option.

Yeah I tried it a few times, only ever worked once and that could have been a fluke.

PropJoe10

Karsini wrote: »

Yeah I tried it a few times, only ever worked once and that could have been a fluke.

I tried it twice and failed both times. So I have zero faith in that particular method of recovery! People really need to learn to back up their important stuff to the Cloud. There's no real need to have important info on a HDD anymore, considering the number of free/good Cloud storage options available now.

johndoe99

the freezer trick is very dangerous, once out of the freezer, the condensation piles up till its soaking wet. Then that has to be connected up and plugged in. :eek:

riclad

A 2.5 inch sata caddy is 14 euro,its worth trying it in the caddy.
Check is it sata or ide type drive.
IF its over 500gig , it may need a caddy with a power supply.

if you are trying the freezer trick,use 2 sealed ziplock bags.
search freezer trick drive on youtube ,it does work sometime.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88fMQwCBDsw

ScumLord

johndoe99 wrote: »

the freezer trick is very dangerous, once out of the freezer, the condensation piles up till its soaking wet. Then that has to be connected up and plugged in. :eek:

I would say that the freezing would cause many of the tiny precision engineered metal parts to change shape too. That's maybe why it works sometimes but overall you're damaging every part in the drive.

Gone Drinking

The freezer trick as far as I know, only tends to work on old hard drives. Old hard drives that used a material in the platters that would swell with heat over time.

When you cool the drive, it shrinks the platters back to their original size, which means you'll get a short period of time to recover stuff. But not long.

Personally I've never had it work for me. I've tried it a hand full of times.

Conclusion; Your drive = goneski. Send it to a professional data recovery company (expensive) if the data is important.

riclad

The freezer trick is when you THINK drive is very likely dead,
use 2 sealed bags, flat ,ie try and remove most of the air.

IT works cos metal may expand slightly when cold,
TRY A 2.5 inch caddy first before using this trick .
its a Last Resort .
even if it doesnt work dry out the drive after trying it ,place near a heater for a few minutes.
Theres loads,a videos on youtube drive freezer trick.

sulc84

My is also on the end of life .. but still works

jak/mar

Thanks for all the replies lads but the drive unfortunately the drive refuses to power up i.e. spin up.
I dont think the freezer trick will work in this case.
I think Ill have to send it off to a recovery specialist.
Thanks, jak/mar

yoyo

jak/mar wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies lads but the drive unfortunately the drive refuses to power up i.e. spin up.
I dont think the freezer trick will work in this case.
I think Ill have to send it off to a recovery specialist.
Thanks, jak/mar

If the data is important then do not try the freezer trick. This "trick" only works in very limited cases, which is irrelevant for most types of hard disk failures. Doing this trick can further damage the hard drive, which may even hamper specialist recovery procedures. I would package the drive up securely now and send it to a specialist if the data is urgent, the more times you try to power the drive up the more chance of causing further problems

Nick

whizbang

a thought i should have had earlier - is/was the drive noisy when spinning ? - could be just worn bearings, in which case repair is cheap and easy...