Question Is my HDD dead?

[bisakor]

Hi all,

I have 2 hard drives in my PC. A 128GB SSD for system files and 1TB HDD for my personal files. My SSD is almost full so I purchased a new one. Upon changing, I unplugged my HDD in case of having a mistake to format it instead of the new SSD. All is ok, but when I start again my PC I noticed my PC does not show my HDD drive. The drive icon became grey and hidden and it's name changed to "USB Drive".

Upon right clicking the drive it has 0 free space, 0 used space and 0 capacity. With no option to hide or unhide the drive. When I open the drive it says "please insert a disk into USB drive"

I tried to change the drive path, still the same. I tried to uninstall USB composite device, still the same. I updated/disable/enable the drive, still the same. I tried to connect it to other PC and mac still got the same result but I noticed that it got no noise. For thinking of my HDD might be corrupted, I run testdsk app so I can recover my files but to no avail it doesn't detect my HDD. So I came to conclusion if my HDD is not corrupted then it must be dead? If yes, how can I recover my files from a dead HDD?

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Will wait patiently for responses and suggestions. Thanks!

 

[PC Tailor]

is this an internal or external HDD? If external, the enclosure could just be faulty.

I tried to connect it to other PC and mac still got the same result but I noticed that it got no noise.

If it's not spinning up, then it's not getting any power, so no software will recognise it, and certainly suggest it could be dead.

If yes, how can I recover my files from a dead HDD?

If the drive is indeed damaged, unfortunately no recovery software will recognise it, so the only route is professional data recovery, which is £££££££££. Because it's a specialist trade.

It's also why backups are the only surefire way of protecting data.

If the drive can power up then maybe you can see if the data is still present using recovery software, if not, it's professional data recovery if it's that important unfortunately.