Older HDD Failure

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chain220

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I've got an older HDD (probably 6-7ish years) that has basically crashed it seems like to me. I haven't had much experience with hard drives failing, but it just seems to me that is exactly what this one is doing. I can't get windows to boot from this drive. It has Windows 7 installed. I don't know what actually happened when the problem first occurred as it was brought to me afterwards and very little details were exchanged. I was told it was something along the lines of a BSOD then just wouldn't boot afterwards. When attempting startup repair or system restore to a date that it was definitely working on, errors occur and the process won't complete. I have it in another machine as storage, with another drive running the OS and it seems the drive is completely accessible. I'm not sure if that means anything, just trying to provide details.
 
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maddogfargo
Put HDD in a static bag with some of those silica packs u get with new hardware.
Put it in the freezer for 2 hours.
Take out of freezer.
Connect to a spare PC or an external enclosure/USB HDD adapter.
Power up and see if the disk is recognized and readable.
If it can be read, copy your data off of the disk right away before it begins to warm up again.
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smorizio

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With hard drive use hdtune read the drive smart info and then run hard drive vendor test tools. Virus and bad memory or bad power supply's can damage the files on a hard drive and some time windows can after years of use just go south with a bad update or program. Some times you have to nuke and pave the hard drive and then see if it has bad sectors or fails when you reinstall windows.
 
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Your HDD is far overdue for replacement, IMHO. I have had several fail just as yours has. The boot sector is bad but the drive is still accessible as a second drive. Replace it and do a fresh install of W7 then migrate your data ASAP.
 
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chain220

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This is what HD Tune's Health tab said.. I'm assuming this to be not good? Also, if the HDD does need to be replaced, would it still be an acceptable storage drive?
 
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maddogfargo

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Put HDD in a static bag with some of those silica packs u get with new hardware.
Put it in the freezer for 2 hours.
Take out of freezer.
Connect to a spare PC or an external enclosure/USB HDD adapter.
Power up and see if the disk is recognized and readable.
If it can be read, copy your data off of the disk right away before it begins to warm up again.
 
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ram1009

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The drive DOES need to be replaced and anything you leave on it or put on it in the future is at significant risk of loss. I can't make it any clearer.
 
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