Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
June 15th, 2024, 15:27
I had a power failure and the hard drive showed up in the BIOS as 0.0MB.
Simple solutions like changing cables, resetting CMOS did not help.
I later reinstalled Windows on a different drive.
I've tried Victoria, but it doesn't see the hard drive in the system. Later I tried the dos version
But it didn't see the drive either.
SEAGATE SEATOOLS does not see it either. Now I'm trying the dos version of HDAT2, and the drive only became visible after changing Intel RST Premium to AHCI in bios. It also became visible in Windows. But victoria can't read smart
and of course can't check sectors.
My problem right now is that HDAT2 saying "number of sectors is zero". I can't read smart. What else i can do?
https://imgur.com/gallery/jGicJ5F
June 15th, 2024, 18:10
If the drive spins up, then the problem is most likely internal, probably heads or media or firmware related.
June 15th, 2024, 18:43
fzabkar wrote:If the drive spins up, then the problem is most likely internal, probably heads or media or firmware related.
How i can be sure that it spins up, by the sound when i start pc?
I just tried to listen for the hdd sound when starting pc. There is no any sound at all.
Also this is what hdat shows.
https://imgur.com/a/8TA0pEU
June 15th, 2024, 18:55
fzabkar wrote:If the drive spins up, then the problem is most likely internal, probably heads or media or firmware related.
How i can be sure that it spins up? By the sound when starting pc?
So i just checked, there's no any sound from hdd when I'm starting pc.
Also it's cold like doesn't work at all.
June 15th, 2024, 19:24
Also i tried to hear some sound from much closer distance. When i start pc there's very slight quiet sound like "it tried to do something but couldn't"
June 15th, 2024, 19:40
Is the PCB detected if you remove it from the drive?
June 15th, 2024, 20:14
fzabkar wrote:Is the PCB detected if you remove it from the drive?
I don't have the right screwdriver at the moment, but I get your point.
June 15th, 2024, 20:14
fzabkar wrote:Is the PCB detected if you remove it from the drive?
I don't have the right screwdriver at the moment, but I get your point.
June 15th, 2024, 20:25
Also this sound reminds me "clack" sound. One time when starting up pc, and later when motherboard logo pops up.
But this sound so quiet, i can't even record it using my phone.
Tomorrow i will get screwdriver and will try pcb only.
June 16th, 2024, 11:07
fzabkar wrote:Is the PCB detected if you remove it from the drive?
Yes
June 16th, 2024, 11:28
DimakSerpg wrote:Also i tried to hear some sound from much closer distance. When i start pc there's very slight quiet sound like "it tried to do something but couldn't"
The fault is most likely internal, but I guess the PCB might have a fault in the motor drive electronics.
June 16th, 2024, 17:48
Uhh something weird happened. After i removed pcb, i cleaned contacts. It didn't help. So i give up and went to my new windows on SSD, i started installing drivers, restarted pc and when windows logo pop up, this hdd started spinning up. I loaded into windows, but hdd was still nowhere to be found. If i restart pc and check bios, i don't see it either. Hdat2 don't see it too.
It start to spin up only when logo pop up, and after this logo there i choose what windows to load.
June 16th, 2024, 18:28
It appears that your HDD may be configured to Power Up In Standby (PUIS). However, it still appears that it has an internal fault (IIUC).
June 17th, 2024, 3:23
After it spins up, do you hear/feel it spin down after a while?
Also, would you be able to provide a terminal output?
This is an SSHD drive and that multiplies the possible culprits.
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