I took out my HDD yesterday and I plugged it back in today and tried to reboot, but the drive read error restart message shows. I run Windows 8.1. All I did was literally take it out, let it stay out overnight and plugged back in. I tried changing SATA ports or wires, but that does not seem to be the problem. I set my BIOS setting to default with my HDD as priority Boot but it doesn't work. The HDD isn't dead. It runs with a little hum which is normal.
HDD read error
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The platters may be spinning "as normal" but getting read errors during boot indicates otherwise... the drive spins up, gets detected but is unable to read its media, which indicates that either the heads or their circuitry got damaged.
Rough handling, static discharge at just the wrong place or contaminants on the PCB (moist/oily fingers, possibly stuff on a surface you put the HDD on, etc.) could cause that sort of trouble.
Rough handling, static discharge at just the wrong place or contaminants on the PCB (moist/oily fingers, possibly stuff on a surface you put the HDD on, etc.) could cause that sort of trouble.
Shaun o
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I hope you never put the drive close to a set of speakers or on top of a set.
The magnet in the speakers is strong enough in magnetic field to wipe the hard drive.
Other killers standing or putting weight on the top of the drive case.
Dropping it.
Or kicking it with excessive force.
If it has power and can be felt spinning.
Then its more a fact of the Data read write heads are stuck in a position.
Or that in some way the actual Sata cable is damaged or no good.
The Sata port on the back of the drive is broken or cracked.
There is dirt in the Sata connector ends to the board or the drive.
Its not been inserted correctly or is not flush with the HD Sata connector on the drive.
The magnet in the speakers is strong enough in magnetic field to wipe the hard drive.
Other killers standing or putting weight on the top of the drive case.
Dropping it.
Or kicking it with excessive force.
If it has power and can be felt spinning.
Then its more a fact of the Data read write heads are stuck in a position.
Or that in some way the actual Sata cable is damaged or no good.
The Sata port on the back of the drive is broken or cracked.
There is dirt in the Sata connector ends to the board or the drive.
Its not been inserted correctly or is not flush with the HD Sata connector on the drive.
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Without knowing exactly how the drive was handled from the moment you started removing it to the moment you finished putting it back in, it is difficult to guess exactly what sort of damage may have been done.
In any case, HDDs are generally not user-repairable. Even if you got replacement parts, you need some factory-grade calibration and drive-specific tuning/programming to make it work correctly again assuming there is no physical damage.
Most likely, your only practical option is to try getting a warranty replacement if it is still under warranty.
In any case, HDDs are generally not user-repairable. Even if you got replacement parts, you need some factory-grade calibration and drive-specific tuning/programming to make it work correctly again assuming there is no physical damage.
Most likely, your only practical option is to try getting a warranty replacement if it is still under warranty.
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It is dead enough that you are unable to access it through normal means.
If you want data recovery, you will have to bring your drive to a data recovery shop. Depending on the job's difficulty (how dead the drive is and how desperately you want the data back), prices will range from a hundred or so dollars to thousands.
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