hitachi 0% health, seagate wont initialize.....

[loumos123]

hello guys a friend gave me 2 hard drives to check them for her.....
both are 2,5 inches
1)hitachi 2,5 320gb
2)seagate 2,5 320gb

as you ll see fro mthe report i uploaded for the 1st one,its heath is 0%!!!!!
and the 2nd one i cant access it even from disk managment(hard disk unable to initialize......)


i hope you can provide me with your help,not to throw both hdds in the bin if they can be fixed
thanks a lot.......

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[loumos123]

somebody guys?...............

also the seagate disk when i plug it inside the laptop as internal to do something via linux or gparted,even bios doesnt open................

[longlife]

When sentinel shows health 0%, the hdd is not usable, as I have seen hdd showing Health 100% gone kaput in a day.

[loumos123]

any more details about both hard drives.................

[pclab]

But you need the data from them?
If not, replace them...

[pcimage]

But you need the data from them?
If not, replace them...

Exactly so..

If you don't need the data then trash them.

[loumos123]

ok i know the one has 0 health so is dead,

but the other one?
any chance to initialize it and assign a letter?

[pclab]

But you need the data from them?
If not, replace them...

Still no answer for this...

[syntaxerror]

When sentinel shows health 0%, the hdd is not usable, as I have seen hdd showing Health 100% gone kaput in a day.

And what is this supposed to tell us?
Pretty confusing statement, I must say...but anyways:
I am holding one in my hands at this very moment, which does have a reported 0% health (noticed by pure coincidence since I had HDD Sentinel for DOS running because of another drive).

BUT: Absolutely no data errors, whatsoever. And the disk is not too shabby in capacity (500 GB Maxtor-branded Seagate STM... [SATA]) and 90% full, mind you. Another important fact: no weird noise.
So this health percentage does not necessarily say that the drive is for the bin IMHO.
For a starter, the 0% is reached very quickly when the Reallocated Sectors count increases rapidly...

Although I am reluctant to sell this drive "for parts or not working", I think just for the sake of fair-play, I should