Any Ideas Hdd failed

[tb582]

I have a hdd that I took out of my grandmothers computer that was making a screeching noise, it wouldn't even boot into windows. I tried putting it into my box as a secondary drive but windows starts to load off of my good hdd but only gets to the loading windows blue bar scrolling across the screen and wont go any further, the secondary hdd will just scrrech off and on, any other ideas, I have tried using ERD commander but no luck either....

 

[Nocturnal]

I'm sorry to say but that drive probably has a mechanical failure and you're not going to be able to retrieve any data off of it without having yourself a clean room. You can attempt to contact professionals like Drive Savers but other than that, you're SOL.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

What you're experiencing is a mechanical failure. It won't matter which computer you it in, the hard drive itself is physically failing.

You can try and save it with the freezer trick, but results aren't guaranteed.

So far I've saved 3 drives with it. Only had one where it was too far gone to help.

Another one started clicking again two weeks later though.

Regardless, it should last long enough to get anything you need off of it.

 

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
What you're experiencing is a mechanical failure. It won't matter which computer you it in, the hard drive itself is physically failing.

You can try and save it with the freezer trick, but results aren't guaranteed.

So far I've saved 3 drives with it.

One started clicking again two weeks later though.

Regardless, it should last long enough to get anything you need off of it.

He didn't say it was clicking, he said it was screeching which usually means that the platter is probably getting scratched up. Scratched platter = no data recoverable, ever, no if ands or butts. I could be wrong though. But that's what I always thought.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
What you're experiencing is a mechanical failure. It won't matter which computer you it in, the hard drive itself is physically failing.

You can try and save it with the freezer trick, but results aren't guaranteed.

So far I've saved 3 drives with it.

One started clicking again two weeks later though.

Regardless, it should last long enough to get anything you need off of it.

He didn't say it was clicking, he said it was screeching which usually means that the platter is probably getting scratched up. Scratched platter = no data recoverable, ever, no if ands or butts. I could be wrong though. But that's what I always thought.

Whoops, good point.

 

[tb582]

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
What you're experiencing is a mechanical failure. It won't matter which computer you it in, the hard drive itself is physically failing.

You can try and save it with the freezer trick, but results aren't guaranteed.

So far I've saved 3 drives with it. Only had one where it was too far gone to help.

Another one started clicking again two weeks later though.

Regardless, it should last long enough to get anything you need off of it.

yes it is screeching, Bios see's the drive though, could someone explain this freezer trick to me?

 

[tb582]

anyone?

 

[tb582]

I plugged it into my hdd enclosure and the computer sees in device manager and usb 2.0 storage device under disk drives but I can't get it to come up in my computer or anything...

 

[Mavrick007]

You are correct sir! If the drive is grinding/screeching, it's probably dead and you will not get any reliable data off of it.

The freezer trick is as such:
If the drive is just starting to fail (Ie. the drive starts to click or you get weird sounds) you might want to remove the data before the drive completely fails.

All you would do would be to put the hard drive in your "freezer" for about 30mins to an hour and then take it out and immediately hook it up and try to get the data off of it before it starts to make noises again. This works sometimes but is not a sure bet and does not "fix" your drive.

If you drive is dead, it can still pick it up in Windows or your bios but that doesn't mean it's working or healthy. It might be too far gone and need to be disposed of or used as a paperweight.

 

[tb582]

Originally posted by: Mavrick007
You are correct sir! If the drive is grinding/screeching, it's probably dead and you will not get any reliable data off of it.

The freezer trick is as such:
If the drive is just starting to fail (Ie. the drive starts to click or you get weird sounds) you might want to remove the data before the drive completely fails.

All you would do would be to put the hard drive in your "freezer" for about 30mins to an hour and then take it out and immediately hook it up and try to get the data off of it before it starts to make noises again. This works sometimes but is not a sure bet and does not "fix" your drive.

If you drive is dead, it can still pick it up in Windows or your bios but that doesn't mean it's working or healthy. It might be too far gone and need to be disposed of or used as a paperweight.

Thanks for your relpy, I tried the freezer trick but it didn't work, i also wanted to make sure that the platters were still spinning around and they are...

 

[tb582]

I have found a couple of hard drives on ebay that are the same exact model etc... what is envolved in switching the two to see if that works?

 

[tb582]

anyone?