My HDD seem to be fail..!!

[Siddharth Maurya]

Whenever I startup my pc my motherboard Log shows that: Problem with hard disk is detected.
and then no windows boot up...just a black screen....
Can I repair my HDD... i also have some data on that 1 TB HDD....
So plz.. someone help me to resolve this issue...i want my drive back

 

[yoji]

<sigh> .. here we go again...
Check connections.. makes ure it connecte dOK
Check you can see HDD in BIOS OK.
Run a diagnostic tool against your HDD.. if you use the Seagate drive test tool
http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/seatools/
you can create a bootable DVD so check even though you cant get into windows (though will obs need a pc to burn theDVD in first place).
That should be able tell you if your drive is dead/damaged etc..
If its dead... its dead.. and you are in the hands of very expensive data recovery companies if you need your data
If it says it OK .. then you may just have a corrupt windows which is stopping it booting..
You can try a windows repair DVD..
Sure there are other tools.. may be others can help..

Once you get through this (and anyone else reading this)... FFS BACK UP ANYTHING YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE..
WITHOUT EXCEPTION...AND DO IT BEFORE YOUR HDD FAILS.. any HDD can fail completely at any time.. and it wont necessarily warn you..

HTH
Cheers

 

[das_stig]

HDD is probably a goner, you could try running the manufacturers diagnostic and repair utility to see if it can be brought back to life to get your data off.

If that cannot be done, only a professional data recovery company can get your data and that will cost £££.

 

[Siddharth Maurya]

<sigh> .. here we go again...
Check connections.. makes ure it connecte dOK
Check you can see HDD in BIOS OK.
Run a diagnostic tool against your HDD.. if you use the Seagate drive test tool
http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/seatools/
you can create a bootable DVD so check even though you cant get into windows (though will obs need a pc to burn theDVD in first place).
That should be able tell you if your drive is dead/damaged etc..
If its dead... its dead.. and you are in the hands of very expensive data recovery companies if you need your data
If it says it OK .. then you may just have a corrupt windows which is stopping it booting..
You can try a windows repair DVD..
Sure there are other tools.. may be others can help..

Once you get through this (and anyone else reading this)... FFS BACK UP ANYTHING YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE..
WITHOUT EXCEPTION...AND DO IT BEFORE YOUR HDD FAILS.. any HDD can fail completely at any time.. and it wont necessarily warn you..

HTH
Cheers

What happen if I completely format my HDD and all it's partition will it get back to life....
I tried hiren boot CD Hard disk tools...I tried check and repair option..then it started and it said HDD is failed..or something like that....then there was a beep sound from my motherboard while performing check for bad sectors with some seagate tools...!

 

[yoji]

What happen if I completely format my HDD and all it's partition will it get back to life....
I tried hiren boot CD Hard disk tools...I tried check and repair option..then it started and it said HDD is failed..or something like that....then there was a beep sound from my motherboard while performing check for bad sectors with some seagate tools...!

If your HDD is being reported as "failed" then
1. Reformatting etc ... even if it works.. will destroy the data you said you needed?
2. Reformatting would be pointless... even if it looked like it worked.. it would only be temporary .. and it would go corrupt again immediately.
It looks like your HDD has died..
Best you can probably do if you have data you want to recover is:
- buy a new HDD
- reinstall windows etc on new HDD and get back up and running.
- then attach your old HDD as a second HDD to your machine.. and see if you can access any data .. or use any tools to recover as much as possible from old drive.
NOTE: messing around with your old drive increases risk of destroying any chance of recovering data... so if your data is critical .. you should not mess with it, but send away for professional recovery (it will be expensive).

Cheers

 

[Siddharth Maurya]

What happen if I completely format my HDD and all it's partition will it get back to life....
I tried hiren boot CD Hard disk tools...I tried check and repair option..then it started and it said HDD is failed..or something like that....then there was a beep sound from my motherboard while performing check for bad sectors with some seagate tools...!

If your HDD is being reported as "failed" then
1. Reformatting etc ... even if it works.. will destroy the data you said you needed?
2. Reformatting would be pointless... even if it looked like it worked.. it would only be temporary .. and it would go corrupt again immediately.
It looks like your HDD has died..
Best you can probably do if you have data you want to recover is:
- buy a new HDD
- reinstall windows etc on new HDD and get back up and running.
- then attach your old HDD as a second HDD to your machine.. and see if you can access any data .. or use any tools to recover as much as possible from old drive.
NOTE: messing around with your old drive increases risk of destroying any chance of recovering data... so if your data is critical .. you should not mess with it, but send away for professional recovery (it will be expensive).

Cheers

Well thanks for your reply,
I have done so many tests on my hard drive with Hiren boot CD..and all tests says that my HDD is failed.....so now I have no hope of getting back those data...and those data are not that expensive so I'm not gonna do any professional recovery...
So now I'm gonna get a new HDD..and then I'll try your suggestion...

Thanks again yoji for ur reply