Can you diagnose this HDD failure?
by lucmove from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5GBTN)
I lost a HDD. I had a two-week-old backup so I didn't lose much data. Just a few things I can download again.
After a couple of days, I decided to open it up since I can't afford data recovery services anyway, and there are videos on YouTube showing people fixing stuck actuator arms and even using the hard disk again.
My HDD did not have a stuck arm. It looked normal. So I powered it up, it tried to work, but gave up. I've found a video of another HDD behaving just like mine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkz3DT33NQo
Does anyone here know what the problem could be?
YES, I know the disk is dead.
YES, I know that somebody is still going to say that the disk is dead anyway, because trying to DIY rescue HDDs is a deadly sin in Computerland and there is no vaccine against HDD Death Schadenfraude so that line is obligatory in every thread about malfunctioning HDDs.
YES, I know that opening a HDD outside of a clean room is risky. Thank you for sharing your super advanced Jedi knowledge.
I just want to know what to write down in the death certificate before I give my good friend a proper burial.
TIA
After a couple of days, I decided to open it up since I can't afford data recovery services anyway, and there are videos on YouTube showing people fixing stuck actuator arms and even using the hard disk again.
My HDD did not have a stuck arm. It looked normal. So I powered it up, it tried to work, but gave up. I've found a video of another HDD behaving just like mine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkz3DT33NQo
Does anyone here know what the problem could be?
YES, I know the disk is dead.
YES, I know that somebody is still going to say that the disk is dead anyway, because trying to DIY rescue HDDs is a deadly sin in Computerland and there is no vaccine against HDD Death Schadenfraude so that line is obligatory in every thread about malfunctioning HDDs.
YES, I know that opening a HDD outside of a clean room is risky. Thank you for sharing your super advanced Jedi knowledge.
I just want to know what to write down in the death certificate before I give my good friend a proper burial.
TIA