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Hardisk not working

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Detailer
Detailer Original post #1
Apr 17, 2014 at 5:44 PM
Greetings everybody!
I had an internal 500gb seagate HDD I was using it with an external case and one day it suddenly stopped working when
I connect it now it gives a beeping sound (much of an electronical beep) what is happening?
(the hard disk also fell in the case from 30cm before stopping)
Flash
Flash #3
Apr 17, 2014 at 11:59 PM
Did it get detected in BIOS? If yes, make a bootable linux pen drive, connect the hdd and copy the contents to other hdd asap.
If you use windows, try *findandmount.com. If it find, recover the partitions and copy the contents to other hdd asap.
Detailer
Detailer #4
Apr 19, 2014 at 5:43 PM
Will these methods work when I connect the drive through USB or do I have to connect it directly to sata connectors ?
tanmaymohan
tanmaymohan #5
Apr 19, 2014 at 6:19 PM
Try connecting directly by SATA . If you can boot, backup the data ASAP. Also check drive's health by crystaldiskinfo.