One of my hard drive stopped working

[amir786_z]

Hi there guys. I have Asus G750js laptop. Today when i started my laptop everything was fine. Then after sometime i restarted my laptop my second HD is not showing anymore take a look

When i select MBR error appears

The disk is not being displayed in Bios also.

Is there any hope to bring it back?

I hear 2 beeps when i restart my laptop now.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

If the BIOS isn't seeing it, I'd check the connections first to see if a wire's worked itself loose.

If the drive's a doorstop, you can either 1) forget about it and move on, or 2) spend at least $1,000 having the data recovered professionally. The "freezer trick" is a lie.

If, by some magic, the drive starts working again on its own (this sort of grace period happens, but is typically brief) and you're able to get your data off of it, you can never trust it again.

 

[mikeymikec]

The "freezer trick" is a lie.

I wouldn't say that; I've had it work once for a disk that would lock up after a few minutes of running. Freezing it resulted in a longer period of time before it locked up again. I froze that disk a few times successfully until I had got "enough" data off it.

Having said that, I've tried it a few times since on other disks and it hasn't helped. Perhaps if the lubricant on some disks has failed with age and the issue is exacerbated by heat?

If, by some magic, the drive starts working again on its own (this sort of grace period happens, but is typically brief) and you're able to get your data off of it, you can never trust it again.

I've had this happen a few times, disks that weren't responsive at all (well, the two that I can think of readily would spin up but not present as a device to the PC IIRC), that I then left for a few months and had considerable success in data recovery.

 

[amir786_z]

And my laptop is few months old. So what you guys suggest? Remove hard and then insert back?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

And my laptop is few months old. So what you guys suggest? Remove hard and then insert back?

Yup.

Incidentally, HD failures are more common in the first few months than later, because of something called "cradle death." (See also: "bathtub curve.")

 

[amir786_z]

Thanks I will do that. Is there any way I should know which is working drive and which is faulty?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Thanks I will do that. Is there any way I should know which is working drive and which is faulty?

You could check the drive serial number with a utility like CrystalDiskInfo, and compare to what's printed on the drive.

But it's 50/50 that you'll take the wrong one out first. 😳

Fortunately, if you swap them both around to rule out bad connections, no harm is done.

 

[amir786_z]

thanks. lets see what happens

 

[amir786_z]

Just submitted my laptop to asus service centre. hoping for best.

 

[Smoove910]

a good read and worth trying:

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/288692-disk-1-unknown-not-initialized-unallocated.html

 

[biostud]

I've brought a dead dread back to life and recovered data (35GB photos) from a hard drive by opening it and move the arm around a bit and assemble the drive again.

This should only be tried if everything else fails and you know you're not going to spend +$1000 for data recovery.

 

[amir786_z]

I went with warranty claim. Asus gave me 2 new hds

 

[Ketchup]

Great! Thanks for the update!