Hi guys,

I have Seagate Barracuda (ES.2) - 750 GB. It worked for me 7 years nicely. Month ago I was downloading several files directly from the web using browser and suddenly Windows OS halted. I restarted the computer, it worked very slow and all partitions located in Seagate HDD were missing.

I spend about a month trying to restore partitions and data. I used different programs:

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard 6.0
Recuva
iCare data Recovery Software
SeaTools for Windows
EaseUS Partition Master 9.3.0
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery
MiniTool Power Data Recovery
DiskCheckup
Macrorit Disk Scanner Free
HDDScan

Each of them scanned my Seagate HDD from 2 to 6 days. The result was all the same, all sectors are bad.

Then decided to ask professionals for help. Maybe you'll have some ideas what I can do next to restore my data.

Kind Regards,
Harold

Thank you for your reply.



It clicks when I connect it to computer using USB port (I bought Deltaco USB - SATA connector).

HDD spins when it is connected.

When the drive is connected to computer using internal SATA connection, the computer works extremely slow.



Where can I check the log ?



Using HDDScan I scanned only start, middle and end, but other programs like EaseUS, Recuva, ... do not have such possibility to select range of sectors.

Harold

It seems the situation with my drive is like you described:



I'll try to connect the drive to TTL adapter.

I only tried software, which works on Windows OS.

As I understand MHDD works on MS-DOS. Does it have version for Windows ?

I scanned different locations of the drive using Victoria.

Here are the results:

01:46:35 : Model: ST3750330NS; Capacity: 1465149168 LBAs
01:47:23 : Get passport... OK
01:47:25 : Recallibration... Error!
01:47:25 : Starting Reading, LBA=0..1465149167, sequential access, timeout 10000ms
01:47:28 : Block 0 Error: ABRT
01:47:30 : Block 256 Error: ABRT
01:47:32 : Block 512 Error: ABRT
01:47:34 : Block 768 Error: ABRT
01:47:36 : Block 1024 Error: ABRT
01:47:38 : Block 1280 Error: ABRT
01:47:40 : Block 1536 Error: ABRT
01:47:42 : Block 1792 Error: ABRT
01:47:44 : Block 2048 Error: ABRT
01:47:46 : Block 2304 Error: ABRT
01:47:48 : Block 2560 Error: ABRT
01:47:50 : Block 2816 Error: ABRT
01:47:52 : Block 3072 Error: ABRT
01:47:54 : Block 3328 Error: ABRT
01:47:56 : Block 3584 Error: ABRT
01:47:58 : Block 3840 Error: ABRT
01:48:00 : Block 4096 Error: ABRT
01:48:02 : Block 4352 Error: ABRT
01:48:04 : Block 4608 Error: ABRT
01:48:06 : Block 4864 Error: ABRT
01:48:09 : Block 5120 Error: ABRT
01:48:11 : Block 5376 Error: ABRT
01:48:13 : Block 5632 Error: ABRT
01:48:15 : Block 5888 Error: ABRT
01:48:17 : Block 6144 Error: ABRT
01:48:19 : Block 6400 Error: ABRT
01:48:21 : Block 6656 Error: ABRT
01:48:23 : Block 6912 Error: ABRT
01:46:14 : Command interrupted by user!
01:46:14 : Block 7168 Error: ABRT
01:46:14 : ***** Scan results: Warnings - 0, errors - 29 *****
01:46:35 : Get passport... OK
01:46:37 : Recallibration... Error!
01:46:37 : Starting Reading, LBA=765149167..1465149167, sequential access, timeout 10000ms
01:46:39 : Block 765149167 Error: ABRT
01:46:41 : Block 765149423 Error: ABRT
01:46:43 : Block 765149679 Error: ABRT
01:46:45 : Block 765149935 Error: ABRT
01:46:47 : Block 765150191 Error: ABRT
01:46:49 : Block 765150447 Error: ABRT
01:46:51 : Block 765150703 Error: ABRT
01:46:53 : Block 765150959 Error: ABRT
01:46:55 : Block 765151215 Error: ABRT
01:46:57 : Block 765151471 Error: ABRT
01:47:00 : Block 765151727 Error: ABRT
01:47:02 : Block 765151983 Error: ABRT
01:47:04 : Block 765152239 Error: ABRT
01:47:04 : Command interrupted by user!
01:47:06 : Block 765152495 Error: ABRT
01:47:06 : ***** Scan results: Warnings - 0, errors - 14 *****
01:47:14 : Get passport... OK
01:47:16 : Recallibration... Error!
01:47:16 : Starting Reading, LBA=1465149167..1465149167, sequential access, timeout 10000ms
01:47:18 : Block 1465149167 Error: ABRT
01:47:19 : ***** Scan results: Warnings - 0, errors - 1 *****
01:47:58 : Get passport... OK
01:48:00 : Recallibration... Error!
01:48:00 : Starting Reading, LBA=1405149167..1465149167, sequential access, timeout 10000ms
01:48:02 : Block 1405149167 Error: ABRT
01:48:04 : Block 1405149423 Error: ABRT
01:48:06 : Block 1405149679 Error: ABRT
01:48:08 : Block 1405149935 Error: ABRT
01:48:10 : Block 1405150191 Error: ABRT
01:48:12 : Block 1405150447 Error: ABRT
01:48:14 : Block 1405150703 Error: ABRT
01:48:16 : Block 1405150959 Error: ABRT
01:48:18 : Block 1405151215 Error: ABRT
01:48:19 : Command interrupted by user!
01:48:20 : Block 1405151471 Error: ABRT
01:48:20 : ***** Scan results: Warnings - 0, errors - 10 *****

Show us the SMART report. Look for reallocated, pending or uncorrectable sectors.

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Thank you very much guys for proffesional conversation. At least tried to do everything I can by myself. Next week I'll go to data recovery company.

Thank you and have a good weekend,
Harold