E Ed Graham Honorable Jan 31, 2014 2 0 10,510 Jan 31, 2014 #1 Do just assume that the drive has failed and all the information is lost?
Ubrales Polypheme Dec 3, 2009 13,234 8 61,465 Jan 31, 2014 #2 Very hot to touch usually means serious problems. Try connecting this drive to another computer. See if you can run "HDTune" on this disk - that will give a clue. Upvote 0 Downvote
Very hot to touch usually means serious problems. Try connecting this drive to another computer. See if you can run "HDTune" on this disk - that will give a clue.