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shmokes:
I've been having lousy luck lately with electronics. Anybody know of some software that can potentially recover a hard drive that won't mount at all or show up in windows Disk Management? The hard drive does get power and spin, but it sounds like something might be wonky mechanically (read: I think this is probably a lost cause) because from the sound of it, it's trying over and over again to do something--like, it starts spinning up, then stops and starts again, then stops and starts again. Or maybe the arm is stuck. I don't know. But the hard drive is at least doing something, which gives it a better chance than if it wasn't.  :)

It's not a data issue. It's part of a RAID 5, so I can wipe the drive clean and I still won't lose any data. Also, the data on it is all backed up elsewhere. I'd just like to get it going and not have to replace the thing, especially right now cos hard drives are crazy expensive since all the floods hit Thailand.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: shmokes on November 27, 2011, 05:17:29 pm ---It's not a data issue. It's part of a RAID 5, so I can wipe the drive clean and I still won't lose any data.

--- End quote ---

Until you try and use it ...  ::)

shmokes:
Right . . . well, even if the array failed to rebuild, like I say, that's not an issue for me. But I'd like to save the drive if I can.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: shmokes on November 27, 2011, 05:45:52 pm ---Right . . . well, even if the array failed to rebuild, like I say, that's not an issue for me. But I'd like to save the drive if I can.

--- End quote ---

Right, but a failed drive is a failed drive ... hence, it has failed and shouldn't be trusted with data, which presumably is worth far more than the drive.

Dervacumen:
Is it by chance a Seagate 7200.11?  If so, I might possibly help.  Something about some bad firmware setting the busy flag and not releasing it.  I built a cable, sent some commands to it via hyperterminal, and saved a 500GB drive that way.

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