How to recover data from a dead hard drive (for beginners)

[@cosmiccollision6374]

All the dead hard drives are always Seagate

[@uzuchihaobito672]

Lol mine is dead and when i open my hdd it was Seagate hdd

[@yoyhemmings945]

@@uzuchihaobito672 same

[@erfin704]

Mine too

[@Vis_87]

I hate this Seagate...3 my hdd is dead.

[@hegbertracelis8269]

@@uzuchihaobito672 does "dead" mean u can no longer use it? or i still can if i do this video?

[@krzysztofdanieljanicki9676]

Thank You!!!!!! You saved my life. I did it and my external disk works properly. Years of 3d design projects, videos, photos... I am so happy to have it back. Now I am going to copy all to another disk. God bless you! :)

[@StarPlatinumV]

@Juaann j Follow the steps in the video. The files should still be there.

[@HMk2leader]

Bro mine one too I really need to fix its 2 years harwork😢😢😢😢

[@JeevanKumar-bs5cv]

I had one drive with important data in it, and was not working since a week. Suddenly today morning youtube suggested video which I wasn't expected. I've recovered more than 75% of data from that drive. Thank you

[@bobgreene2892]

Of course, I held my breath, awaiting your warning (at 3:05) that no hard drive opened this way should be re-used. Inevitably, some who watch your video will believe that if the drive now spins up, and was found on completion without obvious scratches, the drive has been brought back to life. The whole point of this procedure is to recover existing data as quickly as possible, and then put the drive to work as a fascinating paper weight (marking the drive with its volume name(s) and DOA date with a marking pen). Such "marking pen" documentation avoids enormous grief with data, later.

[@looneyburgmusic]

Most likely it's impossible now to pull a full image of that drive.

[@DigitalJeremy]

He discusses more or less what you just said towards the end of the video. As he states, this isn't to repair the drive for normal use. This is to get it working long enough to recover the data, then chuck the drive/replace with a new one.

[@rosemeresouza407]

Bob Greene ll

[@kog7519]

How long until the drive is dead, what if I have a lot of data to retrieve? Will it drop dead in matter of minutes, hours?

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

@@kog7519 There's no telling how long you've got. Something was really wrong to have those drive heads stick like that. .

[@illuminatioracle]

2:49 AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!

[@nagendrasharma2570]

Oh crap

[@josephkreifelsii6596]

Goal!

[@doililar6178]

Why the video cuted.. is this fake?

[@doililar6178]

It he really saves his file on his method?

[@mr.disprosium4012]

lmfao

[@junearima6799]

I was really scared about opening up the hard drive since I've never done anything like this before. But your instructions were easy to follow. The Seagate external hard drive was only a year old! Will never buy it again! Your video rescued all my photos and documents. Thank you SO MUCH!!!

[@electronicsthedeep7122]

I am so worried for my data

[@BorqBorq]

@@electronicsthedeep7122 BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP

[@eppsislike]

@Backyard Stranger dude you got warranty, use that. Why go to all the trouble.

[@Flatlandproductionz]

Seagate is trash. WD is much better

[@DollyMat]

@@Flatlandproductionz I've heard WD gives the same problems.

[@vinces8097]

i'm no engineer, but you didn't recover data from a dead hard drive. you saved the data by saving the hard drive. vast difference.

[@muhammadraza9292]

So do we get the data back or no? Please explain the difference and tell me about it.

[@shaviorharuki]

@@muhammadraza9292 basically he just saved it into the hard drive without retrieving into another drive, which means it was useless in the first place

[@deanwf3087]

Meet the engineer

[@chrisbarber12]

YOU SAVED MY LIFE!!! I followed your steps and I was able to recover my design files and pictures. Thank you SO MUCH!!!!

[@andresmeza7907]

@J F stupid don't believe him.

[@ashifaklam7336]

@@andresmeza7907 ya, another account of the admin .

[@simplicitycommunicationtv1398]

Please send me the software

[@yourbigfan1777]

@@simplicitycommunicationtv1398 Which software?

[@helmutkruger1192]

@@ashifaklam7336 lol he uses 30 dummy accounts and commented on his own vids making "testimonials" 🤣

[@sarananyaro9089]

Thanks,From Tanzania, East Africa,I have fixed my hard disk through your instruction,welcome to Tanzania to see wild animals

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[@vivalavirgen]

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[@hon143]

This trick totally WORKED!!!! One of our laptop's hard drive totally died. I did this trick and was able to access the files using a SATA-to-USB cord. It was a life saver!!!!

[@klwthe3rd]

Excellent video! Very few people on KZbin or anywhere have shown that before you pay a data recovery company thousands of dollars to recover your data, it can't hurt to try this FREE fix. Love it.

[@Tobi3425]

If you dont care about your data feel free to do so. But it absolutly can hurt if you mess up (fingerprint on H-3) or you re just unlucky because of the dust. Filestructure is saved on H-0 + H-1 (lower surfaces) so you will notice if you messed up only until you start to read actually your data. Filestructure as MFT Map is normally not bigger than 1GB. So seeing your FS isnt any proof of a succesful datarecovery. If heads collect dust und scratch because of it your surfaces completly even Data receovery cant help you here.

[@technicalhelpgurusunil1566]

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[@sevenstarofheaven]

@@Tobi3425are u from data recovery company?

[@some1intheworld]

it can hurt

[@SreenikethanI]

0:21 We can make a damn remix out of that!

[@victornevares]

kkkkkkkk sounds like a rave

[@dallasbroms6437]

Xephyr Is Dead is working on one from this video right now. thats why i came to this video lol

[@MrLeovaras75]

That's perfect for an Electronica song, Rave or Dub Step! Lmao 😂

[@itspurplepaw6163]

dead hard drive type beat

[@mk2nathan]

DnB roller.

[@djakkdjakkd]

Lol that disclaimer at the end should be at the start

[@trendytech326]

😆

[@giannaras2010]

LoL obviously!

[@dazaiah8383]

dont tell me you've done it while watching the vid

[@nofatchxplzthx]

not really, its common sense

[@beast-nk6dg]

Ake to vo tumara lea video banaraha h Orr tum uska bara buraa khata ho........

[@josscastellanos2999]

All I can say is WOW. I thought once the HD is opened in open air its dead. Kudos to you for getting this to work.

[@NetRolller3D]

A drive that has been opened should be considered dead as far as using it for further data storage - it's no longer reliable. However, as long as the drive wasn't powered up while open, and no damage was done (e.g. fingerprints on the platters), it should still be readable for recovery purposes. A note about dust: At 1:07, the part you can see in the lower right corner of the drive is an air filter. When the drive is first powered up after being resealed, it's designed in such a way that as the platters spin up, air will pass over the platter surfaces, blow off any dust, and trap it in that filter, before the heads even begin moving. (This is important because the drive mechanism can generate dust particles during normal operation.) So, unless it's massive amounts of dust, or something magnetic (e.g. iron gratings), dust is generally not an issue as far as recovery is concerned.

[@teamtamer]

@@NetRolller3D I was probably more concerned that he spoke without a mask above the platter. Moisture PLUS dust, you're not going to blow that off.

[@aisha0320]

This is great... The only problem with this is that most people will think that they can simply open an HDD in a regular room. HDDs are highly sensitive to particles in the air and must be opened in a highly controlled environment (ie. Clean Room). Without the proper tools and training, the user will end up making invisible (or visible!) scratches on the platter, rendering the data permanently lost.

[@coltrane548]

this guy opened in a regular room. So did everyone in the comment section saying thank you lol. its just to get the data back, not to continue using it.

[@5Lik7sN]

Who cares about opening it in a clean room or in toilet all that matters is they get their Porn back .

[@iheartcalvin6629]

Hassan Ahmed 😂 😂😂

[@cr7749]

Something else that could be causing this problem: the USB connection/unit is failing. This is what happened to my Seagate external hard drive (bought in 2008ish). The unit was making a very faint clicking noise, and so thought the problem was the hard drive (as shown in this video). Once we got the hard drive out of the plastic shell, we put it into different 'shell' (hooked it up to power and a USB to the the computer) and the clicking noise went away, and i was able to access my files without an issue! Turns out the USB unit had become very loose from the green circuit board (it was so loose it was flipping up from the board), and so was basically not doing it's job. Of note, the hard drive got really hot after only running for 15 minutes, so it's probably on the fritz as well, but we were at least able to get data off of it before it (eventually) dies.

[@PotionsMaster666]

I think I found my problem.... *This is exactly what's happening with my Hard Drive* ! Do you know what's that "USB unit with the green circuit board" called ? I think if i could replace it would solve the issue... Did you replace the USB unit ? What do you mean by "shell" , are you referring to the USB unit as "shell" ? I know it's late, but if you're there plz help Thanks

[@inwerp]

"how to recover data in some rare cases or how to make it impossible for data recovery lab in most cases"

[@bricology]

The odds of someone with a dead HDD taking it to a data recovery lab and paying $500-1,500 to retrieve the files: 1 in 20,000.

[@Amit-rw4jo]

Try to boot laptop with Ubuntu without installation with HDD in ur laptop and bootable pendrive. If drive shows in Ubuntu,then u can recover it by making it external hard disk by using HDD enclosure...

[@cinnamonsquash]

@@Amit-rw4jo what if it is not readable by bios itself. Ubuntu is just an OS so if BIOS can't detect it how can Ubuntu do it? I have 2 such dead internal hdd's (not readable by bios) , if it is possible to recover data from this....then Help

[@abdulqadeerkhan9261]

@@cinnamonsquash download latest (hiren boot cd) and make bootable USB then boot the usb or recover your data

[@nickgouthro]

@@bricology I live in a small area with a low population, I work as a computer repair tech, and I send out HDDs for data recovery in a lab, and I do this typically around 2 or 3 times a year for $1600. So though it's rare, I would have to say it happens a lot more than 1 in 20000. That said it's always business computers or family photos recovery. I've never had someone pay that for some torrent files... yet. Definitely do not try this with important data, as the odds are far greater that you will render the data unrecoverable, and this is a last ditch effort, not the first thing you try.

[@Simone41403]

this is what we call stiction in the field, when you heard that sound it can also be a motor seizure which blocks the platter. My 2 advice as DR Technician are 1 do this only if you don't care about the data, if your data are important then go to a professional 2 please don't use the second hard drive on the platter, the guy on the video is well versed in doing it but you may easily scratch the platter by doing as in the video. A method that you can use is to put your finger on the base of the Heads in the circular and outer area and rotate it while you rotate the screw (anti clock) in the center of the hard drive. The heads will go toward the outer part

[@drasticgray]

>dead hard drive >seagate IMAGINE MY SHOCK

[@eduardozanon9429]

I have lost 3 of them, imagine my shock 😫

[@bobbullethalf]

Just saved $1000, KZbin has saved me so much money over the years.

[@phoenixeagle462]

He definitely nailed it!! How many of you guys found this video to be a mocked carbon copy of the video from DIY Perks: How to recover data from a hard drive (stuck heads: buzzing, clicking, etc) ??

[@unangtaoph]

Lilian Vikings 😂

[@innoverdrive]

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was using my old external HD as paperweight since it die like 6 years ago, and i wasn't so sure of trying this and IT WORKED!!!!!!! I recovered lots of memories that i tought they were definetely lost. Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ArshBarbhuiya]

innoverdrive it worked??

[@innoverdrive]

Arshad Barbhuiya yes!!!

[@janakiram9427]

innoverdrive how u r done it bro.? plz tell me the procedure..

[@wellzakh9513]

Is your hdd still worked until now?

[@onishirayuki]

its still work until now?

[@youtubeaddict-1868]

When hard drives fail for any reason or the possibility of damage is evident. 1. Do NOT attempt to run the drive. It may cause further serious damage. 2. Do NOT open the drive. Again you may damage it further. Hard drives are extremely delicate parts of the computer. 3. Do NOT send to a computer repair shop. Computer repair shops have no experience in data recovery. No matter what they claim. 3. Instead send your drive to a certified data recovery specialist shop.

[@djm5k]

After watching other YT videos on this topic, this is the best one to date I have seen. Glad you mentioned that after opening the hard drive and retrieving the contents, to not put the drive back into service as it will not be a reliable device. I would say in this current day and age, this isn’t quite so common as most of the new drives bought today are solid-state drives, although there are still lots of these mechanical drives still in use.

[@Goreface69]

2:49 GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[@rmeena6972]

I didn't had that T5 screw driver so forced open it but it didn't work then took a scre driver and as it was spinning I made some designs then I threw the hard disk in garbage Thank you very much Now I feel great.....

[@michaelsegal3558]

I know it says “for beginners” but I would still be frighten to do this with a dead hard drive I have that I would love to retrieve data from

[@bobbyjonkey13]

Outstanding video .. not to much gab ( which We don't want ) but action ... Thanks !!!!!!!!

[@bahhaziz]

you gotta edit that title, you just fixed stuck head and never recovered data from dead hard drive

[@Katoman]

He did

[@pauls5745]

@@Katoman didnt. still same

[@mrgrieze773]

@@Katoman He fixed the hard drive. Didn't recover the data as the data wasn't gone anywhere.

[@gameshark427]

Ok so just use this method to get the HardDrive working just to be able to get your save data / files. Got you 👍

[@jameo3606]

I mean, this isn’t always going to be the case if a Hard Drive goes bad..

[@josephmensah332]

wow, i have thrown away so many drives because of this problem. Many thanks i have learned a lot today

[@edinfific2576]

You must use a clean room environment to open an HDD. You could even use a clear box with gloves, after sucking the air out of the box. Look for a good video on this. This one is a joke.

[@pranabdas6243]

I cleaned my harddisk platters with isopropyl alcohol...now its working much better

[@looneyburgmusic]

Being about to read the drive directory information, and being able to actually pull a valid image of the drive contents are two entirely separate things. Opening a HDD outside of a true 'clean" enviorment is a death sentence for a drive, no matter how clean you think your work space is. Also, you most likely were placing some very nice scratches on the platters as you dragged the heads across them, meaning read error after read error when you try to image the drive. I would be very interested in seeing a full clone of that drive happen without it either failing outright, or having so many read errors that the data is unrecoverable.

[@MarioCardonaS]

This is intended for data recovery only, not for reuse of the hard drive. Of course, maybe the data recovery can not be 100% possible. Many electronic technicins do the same.

[@looneyburgmusic]

@@MarioCardonaS in all my life working with and on computers since I was a child in the late 70s, I've never once seen a tech do anything remotely this insane. We have clean rooms for a reason.

[@ravishankar29apr]

Ur right Dear

[@gavin5861]

Companies that specialize in HDD recovery have super clean rooms before doing anything like this because the data is stored so fine on those that if a piece of dust landed on it it would be equivalent to Mt. Everest landing on top of NYC, DON'T TRY THIS if you have any data you Need back. Or family photos etc. The only time I could convince you doing this is if you don't care if you never get the data back. Because you probably won't.

[@Engineerknowsbest]

Totally agree, and I've mentioned that as well. Thanks for watching :)

[@0nesNzer0s]

lol all those torrents though, 50 shades of grey? lol cool vid though.

[@dangerousfox123]

And he has the Screener from a movie that came out 4 months before the vid was uploaded. (American Snipar)

[@Gushers2276]

lol

[@richhunter75]

Root_gin

[@user-cl9il2vv1e]

wtf hahaha

[@songungso5015]

I don't think so far this season with the world 8th

[@davidcross701]

I just did the first instruction to swing the arm across. But this guy didn't mention the tip was settled on the surface of the disk. So when I went to move it, the tip made a prick scratch... Now gonna fine out if it works. So when you try to swing it make sure the tip is lifted as much up and THEN move it to the side. Hope it still works or that scratch is in a blank sector with NO files. I found the tork screwdriver at Best Buy, Brand name is Husky 8 in 1 Star precision screwdriver set. Like 6 bucks. It's the size of ones hand to grip it. And it's the T9 bit for my 3.5 inch WD old desktop Hardrive.

[@robertheller4583]

thanks to you man i save my porn

[@flyingcheemsxd320]

savage level 1000% 😂😂😂😂

[@alfauno1255]

LMAO

[@angelodawer2078]

haahhahhahahaha

[@carlperl412]

¡Hola! Can you write what type of the screwdriver you used? Because I speak español and I can'tunderstand very well. Many thanks!

[@annnemesis5238]

Damn u bro... hahaha

[@allahknowsbest-ik7on]

thanks a lot dude you saved all my records from scamming people you are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@prasamech]

Thanks dude, can you say which connector you used to connect both the old hard drive and your PC. i struck with that stage. Thanks in advance

[@picklnn]

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[@VRUAN]

This video is the best explained and most concise one, no nonsense! Thank you. I learned a lot from your video despite it was brief. Before watching the video I only know to open the hard drive to get the magnets out to hold my screw driver on the wall. Now at least I can move the arm to put the read/write head back to the edge for data recovery.

[@Engineerknowsbest]

Thanks for watching. Happy that it was of a help for you

[@maverickdeguzman6206]

Is this real?

[@shien6616]

😅my HDD is 10 years old. 2 days ago started to sound like clic clic clic, i never hear this before. But thanks to this video, i make my backup already and i will just buy a SSD.

[@DrJoJoBoxer]

Thanks! This saved me. appreciate the short and straight to the point video!

[@dandan1788]

a bit misleading by the title hard drive is not really dead it was just stuck not helpful really good for thos who have this issue where the pin has got stuck

[@andreysavenko7328]

Fifty shades of grey... Damn man

[@anonUK]

I thought 50 shades was porn for women.

[@tmahendrasingh]

@Adéwalé he is not an Indian.listen his voice.

[@Tactividz]

Not just once but twice it's there haha xD

[@azazelRising72]

He probably downloaded it for his chick.

[@uditsharma58]

@Arthur Morgan chutiye

[@zedventure]

Resolved my issue following your video and saved precious data, this video is not doubt priceless. Thanks a lot for making this type of video😍

[@Nanatajaa]

0:21 Sounds like you'll drop some sick beats.

[@ragnar-2348]

Wow what an acNice tutorialevent! Best of luck for the rest of your future, I’m looking forward to being able to invest when I turn 21 in November!

[@stuarthutchings3092]

This was a brilliant Video. Excellent picture quality and sound. Great technical content. Well done indeed!

[@Tobi3425]

as a Datarecovery engineer I have to say how dangerous this video is. One fingerprint on the surface and head-3 will die for sure. Also the dust will get collected bei head-3 and might scratch the surface. You re able to see your filestructure? Very nice, but that doesnt mean you re able to read data. Information about the filestructure is saved on H-0 and H-1. If you contaminate surface of H-3 you will still get filestructure even you contaminated H-3..

[@Tobi3425]

also: if your HDD is spinning your heads are not stucked on the surface. So please dont open your HDD if you want your data back. If you dont care you can try

[@N94-z6s]

What is that thing you use to connect hdd with usb cord to you laptop?

[@g-mastechnologies8893]

You can get it online...Either a cable or even comes as a case in which you fit it the 2.5 hard disk. Search for 2.5 HDD SATA cable / case online

[@pauls5745]

not data recovery; this was repair of faulty/troublesome arm or just making it temporarily operable for the data recovery operations

[@user-pg6vq2ch2h]

Don't get worried contact / *[e-mail]* and your worry story we be a pass

[@Bubitoz]

you are not like the others who puts link filled with adds, so u deserve to be subscribed..... thanks for the plugin and all the best for future

[@ViktorNederloe]

0:22 Sound effect for SoundCloud rappers.

[@marcosantonio-se5ix]

it helped me a lot to recover my hd from my notebook. thanks for the tip.

[@MrEthanhines]

You should have removed the Heads Magnet so that when you moved the heads while turning the platter they would freely move and would not be hard to move. I did what you did and guess what? I caused damage to the platter. In fact I didn't even use a screw driver to move the heads I saw on another video to use a dental pic and it STILL caused damage to the platter.

[@trollolol3343]

how do i remove the heads magnet? sorry for the late question

[@kwaterny]

Yes! I did it. I recovered this way all files on my external hard drive instead of pay f 500eur for service.

[@anamikashukla8865]

Please help me. It worked??? Can it be done at home???

[@kwaterny]

​​​@@anamikashukla8865yes, I did it at home, however being aware of risk. That was easier than I expected. Before my attempt I have bought all necessary tools

[@kwaterny]

​@@anamikashukla8865Yes, I did it at home, being aware the risk of device and data damage. However it was easier than I expected. Before buy necessary tools: T6 screwdrivwr and precizion tweezers.

[@RafaelArandas]

Is it possible to retrieve data from a dead or failed hard drive? I've bought something that allows me to connect with to the computer, but it can't find any of its old files on it...

[@RinksRides]

fixed my Toshita Canvio Connect II with ALL my Vacay 4k footage on it with this method, head stuck on platter. Now spins fine and can access almost all data! Thank you for saving my vacay!

[@dovstruzer3610]

TOSHIBA

[@sumanjit100]

Lol 50 shades of grey..both uncut n normal lol...🤣🤣😂🤣😂😁😁🤣

[@kehvhin]

man I missed this kind of tutorials lol. Great work here, thanks!!!

[@henstar337]

*Great tutorial* , now I just have to shell out the $14000 for a clear room if I want to use the hard drive again.

[@ninjachihuahua4843]

very helpful. I started at the 3rd option. works 100%. I used a barracuda hardfdrive 1 Tera. it installed in a few seconds

[@charleshoustontx4478]

excellent video!, precise and to the point. you really saved me !

[@pkasra]

2:54 When you connect a Seagate HDD, it's name will be: HP And yet 50 shades of gray's the thing people focus on.

[@HarosOfStyx]

my issue may be different. I have a Phanteks Enthoo Elite. It's a dual system setup. Separate PSUs for each system. The drives are used by the mini-ITX that i have. I have 3 WD Enterprise Drives. One Red (6TB), and two Gold (12TB and 4TB). I connected the Red drive, and 4TB Gold drive via 90 degree sata cables to the mini-ITX. And their power comes from the Corsair PSU (with Corsair cables) of the MAIN system. Both drives were detected by the mini-ITX until i thought, "if the drives are being used by the mini-ITX, i should should plug in their power to the Thermaltake PSU (the one being used by the mini-ITX". So, i turned off the system, flip both power switches off, waited 30 seconds and then unplugged both drives from the PSU of the MAIN system. Since i was at it, i connected the third drive (12TB Gold) to the SATA power cable, and plugged in all three to the Thermaltake PSU. Initially i forgot to connect the data cable of the third drive to the motherboard. I'm not sure if i had powered on the mini-ITX at that point. But i connected the data cable of the third PSU while the system was off. I powered on the mini-ITX, and then none of the drives were detected in Windows. I have an UEFI BIOS but there is no menu/listing for connected devices. Only in the Boot menu, the boot devices that show up are the M.2 drives ON the motherboard. After i had a friend in I.T. help me remotely. I connected the devices one by one, and even tried different ports, and enabling ALL SATA ports in the BIOS. None are detected. We even tried connecting the drives one by one to the MAIN motherboard, but the drives were still not detected. Originally all the drives were detected by my old computer through it's external hot swap bay (Thermaltake Overseer RX-1). I tried using the drives on my old PC, and they weren't detected there either. I don't know what else to do. I tried feeling whether or not the drives spun, but couldn't feel anything on the new system. On the old system it feels like the are vibrating, but that could just be the other components in the tower vibrating. Is it possible that the 90 degree data cables somehow got damaged because of how they are curved inside the case?? Should i use separate power cables for EACH hard drives? I know it seems like a dumb suggestion but I'm freaking out here.

[@DataWaveTaGo]

Never use again? There is an air cleaner in the drive. You could get years more use. I once removed 2 of 6 heads in a drive and set it up as 2/3rds original size. I even removed 1 full platter and a pile of rubble from the inside caused by surface coating being worn off by a bad head. It worked for 4 more years. That was 1983 technology. In recent times I just keep using modern "stuck" drives for a few more years. But drives today are cheap (That 1983 drive cost $450.00), so buy a new one if you want.

[@mark-1234]

You're not really recovering data off of a "dead" drive because that drive isn't dead. It's only jammed.

[@nonname_4558]

please, help me, my seagate momentum 7200.4 360 gb is not making any notice. Is not working. do you think is a problem with SATA connection?

[@fedeguaglianone]

Amazing! It worked perfectly! Thank you man. Nice work.

[@gracelim3709]

Thank you for such excellent tip and advice. Your video tells us what to do after we open the drive. By the way, how long were you able to use that hard drive after opening it and exposing it to air?

[@daviking-88]

Yeah... They're always exposed to air... What do you think they put a breather hole for?

[@17yearold23]

Wasn't it already exposed to the air while it got manufactured and before they fastened the screws

[@adyryuusei6500]

thanks, it actually let me through so i could download it.

[@PacoOtis]

Whoa! Well done! Thanks Dude!!!

[@tantroe-biff696]

It doesn't have to be that complicated. Good video

[@rabidsnypr]

I lost so much data because of that issue. I wish I knew this year's ago!!!

[@CladeBrandalise]

Sorry, English not the official language. And for those cases where the external HDD appears in "devices and printers", in the option disconnect device, but does not appear in disk management. That is, there is no way to access Windows or any other third-party software. Thanks for your attention!

[@jordimac9165]

Isn't a problem to open the drive in a "non dust free" enviroment?

[@7b0ne]

you shouldnt do any operations if you have important data!

[@jordimac9165]

@@7b0ne I know, but with or without important data, opening a hd in a "non dust free" enviroment is playing lotery. Maybe you don't see the particle of dust in de hd, but it is there, and when the head runs over that particle, it may damage the hd definetely.

[@7b0ne]

@@jordimac9165 yes indeed. many people thinks they can..but certainly ruin any chance to rescue the data...

[@someoneoutthere3586]

Hey man, It works great and without any problems.

[@reel_images]

Amazing video, thank you so much

[@NewYorkMetalDetecting]

Can you please tell me what everything you are using to connect your computer to that damaged drive?

[@Luka-nl9hv]

That hard drive is playng techno listen at the very beginning😂

[@lidbro]

😂😂

[@edinfific2576]

People, this video is just a prank, a joke! As soon as you open a hard drive like this, you can kiss it goodbye because the invisible particles of dust in your room will make it even worse. Hard drives should be opened ONLY IN A CLEAN ROOM which is free of almost all dust/smoke particles!!! In normal operation, the hard drive heads "fly" above the surface of the disk at a distance MUCH smaller than the size of most invisible particles in the air, and exposing them like this is like throwing large rocks under the speeding car's wheels. Opening them in a normal room is like opening a mobile phone in a room filled with acidic steam, which will make shorts and seriously damage metallic surfaces.

[@mrsemifixit]

I've had some good luck simply dropping a stuck hard drive on the floor to free it up

[@rexroche453]

is this a joke or did it actually work lol

[@onedon7288]

mrsemifixit lmaoo you dumb af

[@middleclassic]

Rexem : That is an actual approach to "fixing" a hard drive. And by Fixing, I mean bringing the hard drive back to life long enough to get the data off it. And when he says he was "simply dropping a stuck hard drive on to the floor", you are NOT starting off by dropping the thing from chest high to the floor. Start off at 6 inches from the ground and see if that does anything. If not, try 12 inches. But don't keep going until you are dropping from chest high. There is no reason to. If you are dropping the thing from say ... 2 feet off the ground and that does nothing, do you really think dropping it from chest high is going to make much of a difference? If you think Yes, then please move on because you are not using you head wisely. The thing here is to realize something may be stuck inside of the hard drive and all you are trying to do is free it up. And at 2 feet off the ground, that's pretty high up and there isn't any reason to go higher. How do I know this? I don't know for sure exactly, it's an educated guess. I've torn open more than a few hard drives in my time and have put together more computers than most people, so anything I do on computers comes from experience. I personally have never had dropping a hard drive be the fix for me, but I know some people who it did work for. And currently I am working on my brothers computer who's hard drive is making a clicking sound when I boot the computer up. I've already tried booting this computer up using a bootable Ubuntu Linux DVD just to see if Ubuntu would recognize the hard drive. If it did, end of story, I would be almost done. But Ubuntu didn't recognize the HD so now I am searching for some utility that is better tailored for my particular problem. And there are LOTS of utilities out there, seems most are Linux based, just need to find one that looks good to me and go from there. I may be done in another 30 minutes if everything goes well. If not, I may be here 24 hours from now still searching. You just never know.

[@yoelfeuermann6664]

Any recommended software?

[@Mansare94]

these hard drives can survive up to 350Gs. Dropping it on the floor will probably give about 6Gs

[@billblackstarr5935]

What is the device you use to listen to the hard drive? What is it called?

[@bismilgraphic]

What if it's isn't have sound !? I have hard drive that corrupted by the force on body.. what can I do with that ?!

[@jyttevinzentsjensen9434]

same here

[@rcfaro]

You solve? I have same problem. Hdd no sound but I feel "engine" work.

[@train4905]

Exellent video sir,thanku,very helpfull indeed

[@wolf5659]

Thank you, a very simple and super useful video.

[@rban6724]

As he said, this is more of a learning lesson as to how to repair a broken drive, not something to do as a fix. No gloves, metal tools, no mask, no cleanroom...as he said it is a dead drive after opening it this way.

[@arthurspurr4938]

Excellent , worked perfectly for me, thanks a lot.

[@anwarsaifi]

You done it yourself ?

[@faridhidayat6876]

really?

[@ArshBarbhuiya]

Lol

[@electroworld8733]

Super video and sound quality.

[@mikedeacon7113]

Wow, no gloves, no clean room, metal screwdriver on the platter. I know by the sounds the drive was making after that this did not work and you edited the video. I've been running a Data recovery lab for 13 years and this is the main reason data get's lost forever, man made damage. Normally I would not comment but you are helping people destroy their data. There is no cleanroom work for "beginners". Hard drives are far more sensitive even at a microscopic level.

[@maurits23]

I consider myself quite handy, but I feel so stupid now, now that I followed this video (and others alike this one, just to get KZbin views). It was not a stuck read/write head. And now I opened up this thing I am certain that recovery is going to be even harder (for a professional) if not impossible. Plus moneywise about to be priceless. Thanks for nothing. Oh, my sound sounded quite like the sound he shows.

[@ninomaniclang8470]

it's stuck and not dead boss.

[@Rio-in1fh]

neo bonito no its because as you always turn off hard that hard disk reader thing will like stop reading real quick and the disk was still going( idrfk how hard disk work maybe its because if that issues)

[@bisharibill3429]

He did mean that there r should two issues , the first is dead the second is stuck dude.

[@luckyuusizi7916]

True he must use the right term

[@hackookrakoo9275]

That's right thank u... ! :)

[@Zakeusa]

he should've said a dying "hard drive"

[@anatoliyzubkov3322]

That's the only way to help people thx

[@DezorianGuy]

Thanks for having muted those seconds of disc scratching when putting the header back in its place. Also, what IS the way to open a hdd so you can reuse it?

[@diegoteclas]

He meant that opening a hard disk this way is only useful to recover important data, but is not suitable as a trusted hard disk to store in future more important data. Data must be copied into a new hard disk, cause even the microscopic dust will eventually cause degradation of plates surface as they spin so fast. HDD are assembled in special laboratory where technician works with kinda bio hazard suits, thin gloves, and the AC is special to keep air 100% free of any solid particle

[@DragonEye135]

@@diegoteclas Also known as a ISO Class 5 Cleanroom

[@misha-kun7]

@@DragonEye135 really?

[@DragonEye135]

@@misha-kun7 Yes, Cleanrooms are basically rooms which are maintained at a very low particulate level for specialised manufacturing such as harddrives, etc. Depending on the number of particles in the room, they are classified into different ISO classes.

[@misha-kun7]

@@DragonEye135 thx for answering

[@vrkrishnakumar1]

Thank you very much Bro. May you long live

[@1Toothless]

2:49 engine starting up.

[@gabrieloforiboateng9501]

Great job

[@jacobmarcuspetersen3600]

I was taken aback, when I saw the title of the video "How to recover data from a dead hard drive (for beginners)." I thought it was too good to be true. The hard drive you showed in this video is "not exactly dead." We still whirring sound, which indicates that there is still life within that hard drive. I lost my hard drive a few years ago. When I plugged it in my hard drive enclosure, I do not hear any sound at all, meaning it is dead. My other hard drives worked properly in that same hard drive. I was hoping your video can help me recover my data.

[@KevinLam86]

My HD died so I took it apart to see if the heads were stuck but they were not. What else could cause it to fail? What else could I do to recover the data?

[@jeremyjohn8199]

Kevin Lam broken spindle

[@MrEthanhines]

The heads are damaged and need replacement. Usually $300-400. Or if the drive does not spin up at all it could be the Printed Circuit Board. Or the Spindle Motor is fired. There are a lot of things that can prevent a HD from being Recognized in the OS.

[@Nabiyah1]

@@MrEthanhines Mine is spinning, silently no noise & is undetectable at times. Other times it's detectable & the system locks. I created an ALL Files refresh .bat from cmd but the drive was unaffected in clearing. It would not refresh. What else can I do?

[@MrEthanhines]

@@Nabiyah1 @Nabiyah1 Since it is spinning up it sounds like either one or more heads are failing. They may be trying hard to read and failing thus the "system locks". Otherwise it could be the platter(s) themselves. Either way more sophisticated software will be needed to isolate the problem. The good news is if you stop right now you should be able to retrieve a lot of the data if you take it to a pro. Some offer free inspection. Be sure to do your homework before choosing your professional

[@Nabiyah1]

@@MrEthanhines The thing is... it's the so-called pros that made a bad decision to attempt to refresh the drive rather than safeguard (retrieve) my files.😏 But I hear you, you didn't mean a geek squad tech, but true professional, which I also did recently & it was beyond their reach. I need to continue looking for a pro that specializes in data retrieval. Thanks for the feedback.

[@deepakprajapat3499]

Hey bro what's the name of the cable you used to connect the hdd to the laptop???

[@streamx2]

mine doesn't make any sound, why is this?

[@sailfastshop1]

you must connect it. hahaha

[@mayurkhare9805]

@@sailfastshop1 😂😂