Hard Disk Recovery

did you try connecting it to a different computer?

>>183306
Yeah, it's in my second computer right now. I tried formatting and installing a new OS on it but it didn't work.So I plugged it into the second one to see what was up and that's where I am now. The second one is a little old but I don't have a third computer to try it with.

The disk is likely dead. Disks don't last indefinitely, and after six years it's well past its due date. Even if you could get it to work again, it will forever be an unreliable thing that could blow at any minute, so just throw it out and replace it.

>>183292

Have you tried a Linux OS? They seem to have better utilities than Windows.

Run a live session and see what Parted Magic can do.

>>183292
Could be anything.

1. Run it as little as possible.
2. Connect it to a Linux PC with ddrescue.
3. Used ddrescue to create an image file of the disk.
4. Work on that image file and not the disk.

>>183637
BZZZ, too late.

>>183310
>I tried formatting and installing a new OS on it but it didn't work

In any case, there's no indication OP actually wants the data back. So he should just use dd_rescue to copy /dev/zero over it, and see what happens. If it's only a weak sector or two, writing zeroes over them* will let the disk remap them, and dd_rescue will finish with no errors.

If, on the other hand, the whole platter is fucked, then at least he'll know.

* writing anything over them, in fact

is it connected directly to a SATA interface, or does it plug into a dock or a case via USB? 'cause often those USB interfaces fail. you can take it out of the case and plug it directly into the SATA sometimes. mine's been dangling out of the tower case for about a year, and it's okay.

>>183315
I thought discs lost their magnetic field shit after 20-30+ years.

>>183652
Yes, but the mechanical components wear out much faster than that.

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>>183292
Does it make a tikking sound???