I'll try to make it short. (failed)
-Dropped something on laptop. Screen went crazy right after and heard high pitched sound.
-After some analysis, I found out my hard drive was broken.
-Can't boot (gets stuck at logo screen), safe mode doesn't work, repair doesn't work, and can't even reinstall windows on the piece of ***.
-Bought new hard drive and installed windows
-bought SATA & USB connector and hooked up old hard drive through USB port.
-Old broken HDD shows up in My computer, but it doesn't display _mb of _mb is free. Tried rightclicking it and going to properties, nothing pops up.Tried right clicking and formatting, nothing pops up. Tried double left clicking it to see if I can get in the drive which just makes my computer freeze.
- The outside of the HDD has no signs of damage, I hear the thing inside spinning still.
-Tried downloading some software like asofttech, recuva, and PC inspector file recovery. Asofttech doesn't detect the drive. Recuva detects the drive, but freezes when I try to proceed with anything when the broken drive is selected. PC inspector file recovery works before I plug my old broken hard drive in the USB port, but freezes when I plug the hard drive in.
-The only software that I've gotten to work is Icare Data recovery free. But the problem with this is that it says there it's gonna take 24 hours+ (time changes constantly). And the limit is 1024mb retrieval unless I purchase some stuff. That's enough for me to get all the important files, hopefully, but judging from the time remaining, I have little hope that this program will work.
I also saw some people suggest Ubuntu and Photorec. I have no clue how to use Ubuntu or Photorec. The instructions I have found for both have not helped me.
From my descriptions does it seem like the hard drive is done for? The files I have on there is very important, but not important enough for me to spend that much money to recover it from companies.
-Dropped something on laptop. Screen went crazy right after and heard high pitched sound.
-After some analysis, I found out my hard drive was broken.
-Can't boot (gets stuck at logo screen), safe mode doesn't work, repair doesn't work, and can't even reinstall windows on the piece of ***.
-Bought new hard drive and installed windows
-bought SATA & USB connector and hooked up old hard drive through USB port.
-Old broken HDD shows up in My computer, but it doesn't display _mb of _mb is free. Tried rightclicking it and going to properties, nothing pops up.Tried right clicking and formatting, nothing pops up. Tried double left clicking it to see if I can get in the drive which just makes my computer freeze.
- The outside of the HDD has no signs of damage, I hear the thing inside spinning still.
-Tried downloading some software like asofttech, recuva, and PC inspector file recovery. Asofttech doesn't detect the drive. Recuva detects the drive, but freezes when I try to proceed with anything when the broken drive is selected. PC inspector file recovery works before I plug my old broken hard drive in the USB port, but freezes when I plug the hard drive in.
-The only software that I've gotten to work is Icare Data recovery free. But the problem with this is that it says there it's gonna take 24 hours+ (time changes constantly). And the limit is 1024mb retrieval unless I purchase some stuff. That's enough for me to get all the important files, hopefully, but judging from the time remaining, I have little hope that this program will work.
I also saw some people suggest Ubuntu and Photorec. I have no clue how to use Ubuntu or Photorec. The instructions I have found for both have not helped me.
From my descriptions does it seem like the hard drive is done for? The files I have on there is very important, but not important enough for me to spend that much money to recover it from companies.