Damaged Hard Drive

DuaneMHunt1976 · May 22, 2016

you can swap the Disc, they dont like to be touched, scratched and shouldnt have dust on them as can affect things.
We are talking fragments of magnetic bumps on it like a Vinal.

Now Hardware is NEVER a 100% .. But if the BIOS cant see then it gets risky, ive never transfert a Hard Drive Disc before but would have to be like for like ie Model.

as for the motor you can feel it going when power up, as normal a smell of it will tell if it is burned out.

the recover software i used got back the whole hard drive Windows and all, i only wanted some of the photos off it
so was some thing IVE DONE .. not READ about from IBM (great JEWISH sorting software company of the sky, gotta love companys that came good after sleeping with the SS)

FIRST THING THO .. is there LIFE

Midwest · May 22, 2016

Ok, seen some vids on swapping component parts of HDD, don't think I have a similar old HDD. Wot was the software recovery thing you used?

DuaneMHunt1976 · May 22, 2016

I used ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR, long time ago 15yr .
Reading the reviews, 50:50 for working and not

http://www.acronis.com/en-gb/business/enterprise-solutions/server-partition-management/

You might want to try a FREE one first, (you can see the Hard Drive in the BISO and the MOTOR is powered right, because if you cant, software cant help)

http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/servic...DKfFw3sMilazhSupwrIsZU-0wxkiq2b1jQRoCVBfw_wcB

SeaGate do a brand of recovery, also depeneding on the hard drive maybe under warranty but that wont get the data back, my IBM one died after a year.

Kamikaze · May 22, 2016

Something like this should sort you out.

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DuaneMHunt1976 · May 22, 2016

Kamikaze said:
Something like this should sort you out.

USB 2 0 TO Sata 7 15 PIN 22 PIN Adapter Cable FOR 2 5" HDD Hard Disk Drive IG | eBay

am i reading the right post here, the he has connected it up via SATA in a PC already as far as i read in Post 3

Kamikaze · May 22, 2016

DuaneMHunt1976 said:
am i reading the right post here, the he has connected it up via SATA in a PC already as far as i read in Post 3

Yes he has but that wasn’t successful because of his bios settings. If he does it via USB he won’t have that problem as the system will see the drive as a storage device rather than a start-up drive. The problem with connecting it directly to the computer is that the primary start-up drive will see the operating system on the second drive. Windows will attempt to self sabotage that drive as it will see it as an attempt to clone the system. If it does work the first time, he will be on borrowed time and will have to get his files off before he shuts the computer down. He is unlikely to get a second chance.

DuaneMHunt1976 · May 22, 2016

the OS on the 2nd drive is Damaged by the sound of it beyond life..
as a slave SATA drive it shouldnt give a hoot about the OS
the USB connectors can be funny things, Stick to the things that COST LESS
IE seeing if it can even see the HDD in the BIOS and as far as i can read he hasnt done that yet
gone in to the BIOS and see if it can find a 2nd Hard drive
listen to the drive to the sounds it is making ..

could get a LIVE OS disc
boot up from that
copy the hard drive to a USB Pen
and have the date that way without taking the hard drive out of the system it was in

But he has it in anther system, direct to it..
check in the BIOS first to see if the Hard drive is visible
THIS DOSNT not effect the OS becasue the OS dosnt even come in to play as yet

If it can find it then let Windows boot up, as the Drive with Windows on should be the MASTER DRIVE
as the BIOS should have it set up as it shouldnt give a Hoot about the 2nd Drive and just think of it as a SLAVE
If it dose see a OS on it (never done this before myself) it should ask what OS you want to boot up from
One will work and ne by the sounds of it will fall over and die .. then you try the other OS that will work

Ive had two XP systems on one drive and Linux and Windows.

Kamikaze · May 22, 2016

What he needs is Samantha Carter. She knows about forbidden Goa'uld magic and Asgard technology.:wink_smile:

DuaneMHunt1976 · May 22, 2016

Kamikaze said:
What he needs is Samantha Carter. She knows about forbidden Goa'uld magic and Asgard technology.:wink_smile:

Essex girl!

one thing is to get in to good habbits..
Backup to USB and Drop Box even Email

at college i used to dump my work in a Hotmail email account