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I assume my HDD has failed, but on the off chance there's any way to save it... Problem description: I have a 3TB Seagate HDD I've been using for some time now. A few months ago I started noticing it would disappear from my drives list in Windows until I rebooted. I bought a new drive to replace it with but of course was lazy and waited until this problem became permanent. I now can't get it to show up on my drive list in windows, can't see it in Disk Management, can't see it in cmd, nothing. However, I have gotten it to show up in BIOS. I also noticed it got quite hot, not burning, but hot. I also notice that my computer takes much longer to boot up if I have that drive connected than when I don't. Attempted fixes: Tried letting it cool down. Tried safe mode. Tried different SATA cables/ports. Recent changes: Not that I know of -- Operating system: e.g. Windows 10 Pro System specs: Case: Fractal R5 CPU: 6700K RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3200 GPU: MSI GTX 970 PSU: EVGA 650W G2 SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 1tb HDD: Seagate 3TB 7200rpm Location: USA I have Googled and read the FAQ: YES Someone please help me so I don't lose my old pictures and music!
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May 8, 2017 18:27
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Yea, all those symptoms point to a failing/dead HD. In this situation I'd put the new HD into the computer and then try connecting the failing/dead HD through USB using one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Converter-Optical-External/dp/B002OV1VJW If the HD still doesn't show up it's dead.
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May 8, 2017 21:17
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Zogo posted:Yea, all those symptoms point to a failing/dead HD. Thanks for the link. I'll give it a whirl. Wish me luck 
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May 8, 2017 23:47
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