Hello Everyone,
First Time posting here.
I´ve run into some major issue with one of my WD HDD. Recently one of my drives stopped working, and as Murphy´s law dictates, is the one with all my work related information.
I´m a 3d artist and that disk had all my most recent project in it, including a large part of my 3d model library, and as usual no backup.
Here is the thing, I´ve been having some issues with my motherboard (Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC), the ordinary 4 Dimm Ram issue (well known issue among GA users, which I won´t be for much longer) and a PCI port that works when it wants.
Recently I was installing some case fans and a water cooler for my CPU as the heat this summer will prove to be a real challenge for my PC. I installed my fans and everything and when I put the PC together again the WD drive was not being recognized by the BIOS.
Now I think is too much of a coincidence for the disk to suddenly stop working like that, as it has been working 100% fine for the past year and a half since I got it, and it has not received any physical or electrical harm.
I tested it out with different SATA cables, different ports, but I was still hopping to be a failure of my crappy motherboard and not a failure of my disk.
I recently tested the drive in my second computer and no luck, it doesn´t even make a sound, vibration, nothing is as if it was completely unppluged.
I tried to use the WD Lifeguard diagnostic tool but it crashes everytime I try to run the app.
I´m writting but I fear the obvious answer, but I need to express this with 3 purpuses.
1. If there´s anything else I can do to make sure the disk works or is there a way I can salvage my info?
2. Anyone can help me decypher why this hellish thing could happen to a drive all the sudden like that?
3. ask WHYYY WD?? WHYY?????
Thanks!
i7-4770/H-60/GA-Z87X-O/Corsair 24GB DDR3Veng/WD Black 2TB HDD/Samsung 850EVO 120gb/ PNY-Quadro K600
First Time posting here.
I´ve run into some major issue with one of my WD HDD. Recently one of my drives stopped working, and as Murphy´s law dictates, is the one with all my work related information.
I´m a 3d artist and that disk had all my most recent project in it, including a large part of my 3d model library, and as usual no backup.
Here is the thing, I´ve been having some issues with my motherboard (Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC), the ordinary 4 Dimm Ram issue (well known issue among GA users, which I won´t be for much longer) and a PCI port that works when it wants.
Recently I was installing some case fans and a water cooler for my CPU as the heat this summer will prove to be a real challenge for my PC. I installed my fans and everything and when I put the PC together again the WD drive was not being recognized by the BIOS.
Now I think is too much of a coincidence for the disk to suddenly stop working like that, as it has been working 100% fine for the past year and a half since I got it, and it has not received any physical or electrical harm.
I tested it out with different SATA cables, different ports, but I was still hopping to be a failure of my crappy motherboard and not a failure of my disk.
I recently tested the drive in my second computer and no luck, it doesn´t even make a sound, vibration, nothing is as if it was completely unppluged.
I tried to use the WD Lifeguard diagnostic tool but it crashes everytime I try to run the app.
I´m writting but I fear the obvious answer, but I need to express this with 3 purpuses.
1. If there´s anything else I can do to make sure the disk works or is there a way I can salvage my info?
2. Anyone can help me decypher why this hellish thing could happen to a drive all the sudden like that?
3. ask WHYYY WD?? WHYY?????
Thanks!
i7-4770/H-60/GA-Z87X-O/Corsair 24GB DDR3Veng/WD Black 2TB HDD/Samsung 850EVO 120gb/ PNY-Quadro K600
Unfortunately, if you cannot get the drive to spin up at all, I'm not sure how you will be able to proceed with the troubleshooting. 
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