HDD "dead" after Parted Magic Erase

[Jeferson_Emanuel]

Hi,

I was secure erasing an old Samsung HD103SI, and I had a power problem and my PC restarted. Now the HDD is "dead", the bios post stops and the pc do not start if the HDD is connected. If I connect it after the windows is running it simple frezes the PC.

Tried to use Parted Magic to try to erase the HDD again, but, even seeing it I got an error when I try to erase, Tried using GParted to try to create a partition in it but got a I/O error and it can't see the HDD.

It's like the Secure Erase has erased some important data to make the HDD work. Is it possible? I though it only erased the plates, but it's like it messed something in the firmware of the device.

Any advice in a possible way to resurrect the HDD?

Thank you.

 

[hang-the-9]

Power problem and hard drives is not good. If the computer does not start with the drive connected, it's junk.

 

[DR_Luke]

It is likely just coincidence and bad timing. The erasure likely hit some bad zones on the surface which resulted in a head crash. If you want to be sure that the data is gone, removed the platters and scrape them up or break them.