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
January 4th, 2011, 19:51
I have a Hitachi 160GB notebook HDD, it was dropped while still inside a Toshiba laptop and is no longer responding. Windows 7 doesn't recognize it on my machines, and when I plug it into my desktop directly with a SATA cable, my PC freezes and won't boot if restarted while the HDD is connected. It doesn't freeze when I connect the HDD via a SATA-USB adapter. The only program that can recognize it is HDD Regenerator, but it sees it as "0" Mb and when I try to repair the HDD, the program tells me the master boot record is damaged. I need to get some music off this hard drive.
Do you guys have any suggestions? Is the HDD gone? (I don't wan't to pay $1000+ to take the data off).
Thanks!
January 4th, 2011, 19:59
Sounds like heads and/or platter damage. It needs pro help
January 4th, 2011, 20:08
Thanks for the reply. The HDD makes a faint, almost clicking noise when turned on, but then eventually stops making the noise. I don't really wan't to pay so much money to get my HDD repaired though...
Would putting the HDD in a freezer for a bit help? I've read about this online, and then you may be able to temporarily access your HDD to save your files.
January 4th, 2011, 20:12
The drive was dropped, resulting in physical damage to either the heads or the surface or both. Being colder isn't going to change that.
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