I am unable to access my hard drive in Windows 7, 10, or Ubuntu

[Will_Dutcher]

I realize this is a fairly common problem, but I am unable to fix this with the plethora of information I've searched in StackOverflow and other sites.

For whatever reason, my NTFS Seagate 1TB HDD decided to disallow me access. I can see the drive, but I am UNABLE to get into it. I initially thought it was my SSD that was the issue, going so far as to get a new hard drive and a fresh copy of Windows 10. I upgraded everything, plugged my drives in one-by-one and discovered that the 1TB was the issue. This one did NOT have an OS on it, and was really what I'd used for Steam. Long story short, I can't access it.

I've tried the tricks in Windows (disabling Quick Start, turning off Hibernation) and the "sudo ntfsfix /dev/" and am getting nowhere. Does anyone have any idea what else I may be able to try to access this information, or is it lost?

Thank you for any help you may provide, all!

Will

 

[mcnumpty23]

what actually happens when you try to open it in windows?

nothing? access denied message?

 

[Will_Dutcher]

what actually happens when you try to open it in windows?

nothing? access denied message?

In Windows, it just simply will not load. I see it populate in my list of available hard drives, but when I click it, Windows just locks up. When I try in Ubuntu, it tells me it can't mount.

 

[mcnumpty23]

could be the drive is faulty

tried something like a bootable hard drive test with seatools?

 

[Will_Dutcher]

could be the drive is faulty

tried something like a bootable hard drive test with seatools?

I'm trying that now.

***Back now; it's coming up as a Failure at 77%. I guess the drive is just bad, which is obviously what I suspected. Any other tools anyone can think of to help me get back the data on the hard drive?

***One more update, and this can't be good. Checked Disk Manager just to see what it'd say, and it's coming up as
Drive: N
Layout Simple
Type: Basic
File System: Raw
Status: Healthy (Primary Partition)
Capacity: 931.51 GB
Free Space: 931.51 GB
% Free: 100%
Fault Tolerance: No

This means the drive is essentially wiped, doesn't it?

 

[mcnumpty23]

doesnt sound good i am afraid

in the past i have managed to get some ones data back by getting an identical pcb and putting that on the drive

though finding a totally identical one isnt easy and unless its important stuff probably not worth the bother

 

[Will_Dutcher]

doesnt sound good i am afraid

in the past i have managed to get some ones data back by getting an identical pcb and putting that on the drive

though finding a totally identical one isnt easy and unless its important stuff probably not worth the bother

It was all my Steam game saves and all the music I'd been collecting since being an adult. Luckily, my iPod was backed up and I found some software to reverse sync it so I didn't lose much of anything. And now I have a 2TB for backups. Sucks for my games, but coulda been worse. Thank you very much for your help, though!

Will

 

[mcnumpty23]

you are welcome