Best way to try to recover a failed hard SATA 3.5" drive?
When I booted my desktop this morning it announced it was scanning and repairing one of my drives.
When it finally booted into Windows, the drive showed up, but when I tried to right click it to bring up properties it did nothing. I asked the PC to reboot, upon which Windows sat on the "Windows is restarting" screen for about an hour. Now that it's finally back up the drive is missing. When I go into Computer Management it says that the drive is unitialised and would I like to initialise it with MBR or GPT (I chose neither).
There's nothing hugely crucial on the drive, but I would like to try to recover it.
What's my best method of attack? What's the best software to try to tackle this? I'm happy to pay for some drive recovery software, say up to $100. Can i do this effectively in Windows 10, or would I be better off creating a linux boot system on a memory stick and working with the drive from there instead?
Any advice appreciated, thank you!
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When I booted my desktop this morning it announced it was scanning and repairing one of my drives.
When it finally booted into Windows, the drive showed up, but when I tried to right click it to bring up properties it did nothing. I asked the PC to reboot, upon which Windows sat on the "Windows is restarting" screen for about an hour. Now that it's finally back up the drive is missing. When I go into Computer Management it says that the drive is unitialised and would I like to initialise it with MBR or GPT (I chose neither).
There's nothing hugely crucial on the drive, but I would like to try to recover it.
What's my best method of attack? What's the best software to try to tackle this? I'm happy to pay for some drive recovery software, say up to $100. Can i do this effectively in Windows 10, or would I be better off creating a linux boot system on a memory stick and working with the drive from there instead?
Any advice appreciated, thank you!
windows-10 hard-drive sata hard-drive-failure
asked Dec 16 at 16:12
Codemonkey
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Best there is.....grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
– Moab
Dec 16 at 17:00
Check SMART statistics to see if it's failing. If it isn't, run CHKDSK to clean up corruption. Then format and use the drive. Before using it for anything critical, periodically rerun CHKDSK to verify that it isn't continuing to degrade. If there are new problems, replace the drive.
– fixer1234
Dec 16 at 23:33
How would I check those, @fixer1234
– Codemonkey
Dec 16 at 23:46
For SMART, use a utility that displays the statistics, like CrystalDiskInfo, which is free. For CHKDSK, open a command prompt as administrator, enterchkdsk /r, which will analyze physical errors as well as corruption, and accept running it on the next boot. It can take a long time on a drive of any significant size (hours; the major part of a day if it is a large drive with a lot of problems), and it shouldn't be interrupted once it starts, so plan accordingly.
– fixer1234
Dec 17 at 0:25
Annoyingly after installation CDI doesn't seem to want to launch. Task Manager shows that it's running with 0% CPU and 1.7MB RAM, but even after 10 minutes there's no evidence the application has opened - no windows, no taskbar button, no system tray icon.
– Codemonkey
Dec 17 at 8:32
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show 2 more comments
When I booted my desktop this morning it announced it was scanning and repairing one of my drives.
When it finally booted into Windows, the drive showed up, but when I tried to right click it to bring up properties it did nothing. I asked the PC to reboot, upon which Windows sat on the "Windows is restarting" screen for about an hour. Now that it's finally back up the drive is missing. When I go into Computer Management it says that the drive is unitialised and would I like to initialise it with MBR or GPT (I chose neither).
There's nothing hugely crucial on the drive, but I would like to try to recover it.
What's my best method of attack? What's the best software to try to tackle this? I'm happy to pay for some drive recovery software, say up to $100. Can i do this effectively in Windows 10, or would I be better off creating a linux boot system on a memory stick and working with the drive from there instead?
Any advice appreciated, thank you!
windows-10 hard-drive sata hard-drive-failure
asked Dec 16 at 16:12
Codemonkey
2971313
When I booted my desktop this morning it announced it was scanning and repairing one of my drives.
When it finally booted into Windows, the drive showed up, but when I tried to right click it to bring up properties it did nothing. I asked the PC to reboot, upon which Windows sat on the "Windows is restarting" screen for about an hour. Now that it's finally back up the drive is missing. When I go into Computer Management it says that the drive is unitialised and would I like to initialise it with MBR or GPT (I chose neither).
There's nothing hugely crucial on the drive, but I would like to try to recover it.
What's my best method of attack? What's the best software to try to tackle this? I'm happy to pay for some drive recovery software, say up to $100. Can i do this effectively in Windows 10, or would I be better off creating a linux boot system on a memory stick and working with the drive from there instead?
Any advice appreciated, thank you!
windows-10 hard-drive sata hard-drive-failure
windows-10 hard-drive sata hard-drive-failure
asked Dec 16 at 16:12
Codemonkey
2971313
asked Dec 16 at 16:12
Codemonkey
2971313
asked Dec 16 at 16:12
Codemonkey
2971313
asked Dec 16 at 16:12
Codemonkey
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asked Dec 16 at 16:12
Codemonkey
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Best there is.....grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
– Moab
Dec 16 at 17:00
Check SMART statistics to see if it's failing. If it isn't, run CHKDSK to clean up corruption. Then format and use the drive. Before using it for anything critical, periodically rerun CHKDSK to verify that it isn't continuing to degrade. If there are new problems, replace the drive.
– fixer1234
Dec 16 at 23:33
How would I check those, @fixer1234
– Codemonkey
Dec 16 at 23:46
For SMART, use a utility that displays the statistics, like CrystalDiskInfo, which is free. For CHKDSK, open a command prompt as administrator, enterchkdsk /r, which will analyze physical errors as well as corruption, and accept running it on the next boot. It can take a long time on a drive of any significant size (hours; the major part of a day if it is a large drive with a lot of problems), and it shouldn't be interrupted once it starts, so plan accordingly.
– fixer1234
Dec 17 at 0:25
Annoyingly after installation CDI doesn't seem to want to launch. Task Manager shows that it's running with 0% CPU and 1.7MB RAM, but even after 10 minutes there's no evidence the application has opened - no windows, no taskbar button, no system tray icon.
– Codemonkey
Dec 17 at 8:32
|
show 2 more comments
Best there is.....grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
– Moab
Dec 16 at 17:00
Check SMART statistics to see if it's failing. If it isn't, run CHKDSK to clean up corruption. Then format and use the drive. Before using it for anything critical, periodically rerun CHKDSK to verify that it isn't continuing to degrade. If there are new problems, replace the drive.
– fixer1234
Dec 16 at 23:33
How would I check those, @fixer1234
– Codemonkey
Dec 16 at 23:46
For SMART, use a utility that displays the statistics, like CrystalDiskInfo, which is free. For CHKDSK, open a command prompt as administrator, enterchkdsk /r, which will analyze physical errors as well as corruption, and accept running it on the next boot. It can take a long time on a drive of any significant size (hours; the major part of a day if it is a large drive with a lot of problems), and it shouldn't be interrupted once it starts, so plan accordingly.
– fixer1234
Dec 17 at 0:25
Annoyingly after installation CDI doesn't seem to want to launch. Task Manager shows that it's running with 0% CPU and 1.7MB RAM, but even after 10 minutes there's no evidence the application has opened - no windows, no taskbar button, no system tray icon.
– Codemonkey
Dec 17 at 8:32
Best there is.....grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
– Moab
Dec 16 at 17:00
Best there is.....grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
– Moab
Dec 16 at 17:00
Check SMART statistics to see if it's failing. If it isn't, run CHKDSK to clean up corruption. Then format and use the drive. Before using it for anything critical, periodically rerun CHKDSK to verify that it isn't continuing to degrade. If there are new problems, replace the drive.
– fixer1234
Dec 16 at 23:33
Check SMART statistics to see if it's failing. If it isn't, run CHKDSK to clean up corruption. Then format and use the drive. Before using it for anything critical, periodically rerun CHKDSK to verify that it isn't continuing to degrade. If there are new problems, replace the drive.
– fixer1234
Dec 16 at 23:33
How would I check those, @fixer1234
– Codemonkey
Dec 16 at 23:46
How would I check those, @fixer1234
– Codemonkey
Dec 16 at 23:46
For SMART, use a utility that displays the statistics, like CrystalDiskInfo, which is free. For CHKDSK, open a command prompt as administrator, enter
chkdsk /r, which will analyze physical errors as well as corruption, and accept running it on the next boot. It can take a long time on a drive of any significant size (hours; the major part of a day if it is a large drive with a lot of problems), and it shouldn't be interrupted once it starts, so plan accordingly.– fixer1234
Dec 17 at 0:25
For SMART, use a utility that displays the statistics, like CrystalDiskInfo, which is free. For CHKDSK, open a command prompt as administrator, enter
chkdsk /r, which will analyze physical errors as well as corruption, and accept running it on the next boot. It can take a long time on a drive of any significant size (hours; the major part of a day if it is a large drive with a lot of problems), and it shouldn't be interrupted once it starts, so plan accordingly.– fixer1234
Dec 17 at 0:25
Annoyingly after installation CDI doesn't seem to want to launch. Task Manager shows that it's running with 0% CPU and 1.7MB RAM, but even after 10 minutes there's no evidence the application has opened - no windows, no taskbar button, no system tray icon.
– Codemonkey
Dec 17 at 8:32
Annoyingly after installation CDI doesn't seem to want to launch. Task Manager shows that it's running with 0% CPU and 1.7MB RAM, but even after 10 minutes there's no evidence the application has opened - no windows, no taskbar button, no system tray icon.
– Codemonkey
Dec 17 at 8:32
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Best there is.....grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
– Moab
Dec 16 at 17:00
Check SMART statistics to see if it's failing. If it isn't, run CHKDSK to clean up corruption. Then format and use the drive. Before using it for anything critical, periodically rerun CHKDSK to verify that it isn't continuing to degrade. If there are new problems, replace the drive.
– fixer1234
Dec 16 at 23:33
How would I check those, @fixer1234
– Codemonkey
Dec 16 at 23:46
For SMART, use a utility that displays the statistics, like CrystalDiskInfo, which is free. For CHKDSK, open a command prompt as administrator, enter
chkdsk /r, which will analyze physical errors as well as corruption, and accept running it on the next boot. It can take a long time on a drive of any significant size (hours; the major part of a day if it is a large drive with a lot of problems), and it shouldn't be interrupted once it starts, so plan accordingly.– fixer1234
Dec 17 at 0:25
Annoyingly after installation CDI doesn't seem to want to launch. Task Manager shows that it's running with 0% CPU and 1.7MB RAM, but even after 10 minutes there's no evidence the application has opened - no windows, no taskbar button, no system tray icon.
– Codemonkey
Dec 17 at 8:32