How to recover data from a dead hard drive (Beginner Tutorial)

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5 жыл бұрын

In todays video Mark shows you how to open a laptop drive thats buzzing and clicking and and reset the heads off the platter and get the hard drive back up and running

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@saca.technology 2 жыл бұрын

Nah man you're a legend. You literally saved my life right now. Thank you so much

@lurkingcorsa10 7 ай бұрын

your data 's safe?

@Jrocc811 6 ай бұрын

Holy crap this worked! Thanks man!

@brucearmenante7945 4 ай бұрын

Huge help. Thank you.

@georgetubel1 10 ай бұрын

Thanks I'll try to do this very informative video. 🎉

@firesaby07 4 ай бұрын

finally one that speaks normally thanks this video was good

@TechTonicTunes 9 ай бұрын

i might ber %50 right or %50 wrong , in order to work this you need %99.999999 lucky even if you are %100 technically master

@LynxLeader Ай бұрын

To not damage the hard drive?

@arthuryellin645 2 жыл бұрын

I PRAY that this works on my dead HD! You are AWESOME!

@Noname-di3yz Жыл бұрын

did it work??

@arthuryellin645 Жыл бұрын

@@Noname-di3yz Sadly .... NO!

@211kazuma 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, the video was informative. Would having a drive that is spinning when plugged in, but not showing up on the pc be the same issue. I have a WD passport external hard drive that is not showing up on anything that I am plugging it into. It was working a few days ago.

@zlozlozlo 5 ай бұрын

I am going to try this. The thought scares me shitless, but at this point I'm out of options.

@eeyoreyeen 4 жыл бұрын

wow, i cant believe it actually worked!

@finevine8523 5 ай бұрын

Am going to try this.

@jesparagus 3 ай бұрын

would this work if my hard drive is making a clicking noise? ive got a couple forums saying theres no recovery for it.

@majinzed 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Cars And Cameras! I have a Toshiba external HDD, but it sounds like it doesn't spin at all. I'm just wondering - may I try to disassamble just like you in this video? I'm looking forward to your answer!

@abhishekprasad5062 Жыл бұрын

Try it bro I will be doing the same

@SPARTANUZB Жыл бұрын

Load error Hdd Motor

@cristianmicu 2 жыл бұрын

i have a seagate external that fell off the top pf my computer case to the floor, after that incident i get zilch from the computer about him. i hear spinning when drive is (re)inserted into usb some clicking like heads are trying to position kind of clicking and then motors shut down

@tori1849 Жыл бұрын

Mine suddenly shows the requirement to Initialize when attaching via the sata cable. Seemingly attaching it also causes the system unstable. Windows cant detect the HDD via the HDD box. Can I try this method?

@aassmus 27 күн бұрын

Thank you!!!!!!!

@gezgin202 Ай бұрын

I have a question my laptop hard disk is damaged and it doesn't work at all i can't a new latop is there any way to fix this so i can use this in future

@celebizirachi 3 жыл бұрын

Did the same step as you suggested. Still the clicking sound continues, and drive not detected. Help please

@hudsonchico7565 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@ArslanGamer-mq7ii 26 күн бұрын

does this method will also remove the bad sectors and repair the drive?

@daboverty1879 2 ай бұрын

hey, if anyone is trying to do this its very risky. if one s p e c of dust lands on the hdd when you open it up, its fucked. as another comment said it really is up to chance no matter how tech savvy or technologically advanced you are. so ofcourse do this at your own discretion

@nournour5086 5 ай бұрын

Thanks

@dogrun2886 Жыл бұрын

my external Hdd not see after plug in ? how to fix even i changed the usb wire and update deiver .

@guilladogui8259 Жыл бұрын

hey do you any good tool kitsto do something like this?

@himanshujingar3404 3 жыл бұрын

My hard drive doesn't show in bios setup and not sound coming in hard drive. So can i recovered data from hard drive ?

@kartikeygaming9791 Жыл бұрын

yes

@Daisy.florina 3 жыл бұрын

what is that you inserted ?

@sudheeraluru3117 3 жыл бұрын

Does this fix work in my case as looking similar and I am hearing beeping sound from hardisk error and this is my error (boot device not found please install an operating system on your hard disk (3f0))

@8b_ruvishaware911 3 жыл бұрын

Same of mine

@michaelberna987 2 жыл бұрын

Verify boot sequence, bcd/gpt/mbr first if possible. This is a last resort and not a good permanent fix.

@Gfors85 10 ай бұрын

Can I use the butt of the header to push it right while rotating the disc? if you look behind the shell with 2 blue dots, the neck of the head got a butt.should be pretty safe to touch there, no?

@miketheike1231onroblox. 25 күн бұрын

They read with a needle not a laser so no matter where you touch it it wouldnt damage the disk

@DineshRoy Жыл бұрын

Hi i am from India I have one hard disk which is clicking sound getting from it and not reading while connecting to the computer. i have whole life memory there please let me know how to recover

@cannibalholocaust3015 8 ай бұрын

Quoted 600 euro to recover 3TB Toshiba portable drive. Mechanical failure, do I have any hope with this method?

@exodiatheforbiddenone8228 2 жыл бұрын

Does this work only for specific sized drives?? My drives are from 2017 and are bigger or thicker

@carsandcamera 2 жыл бұрын

It can work on any drive as long as its not a SSD

@Shank-tz7jb 3 ай бұрын

Hi i have problem with my hard disk when i turn on my pc it shows a read eror hard disk ouccured what should i do?

@patricioulloa7281 11 ай бұрын

How can I recover the files and data from a corrupted external hard drive disk ?

@bandathejagger 12 күн бұрын

save my life!!

@charliechevez8440 3 жыл бұрын

What adapter did you use to connect the hard drive to the pc?

@carsandcamera 3 жыл бұрын

This one. www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Cable-Support-Black/dp/B07S9CKV7X/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Hard+drive+to+usb&qid=1596587362&sr=8-3

@tamilanhacker Жыл бұрын

External hard disc connector

@maneshmurali9087 Жыл бұрын

👌🏻

@codsoin Ай бұрын

good

@Okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk9 11 ай бұрын

what do i do if the "head" (what you called it idk what its named) is broken and i have a 2nd hdd where the head is fixed? is it possible to switch it, if yes can you do a tutuorial please

@carsandcamera 10 ай бұрын

What you would do is a platter swap. Now this is very involved so take a look at this www.wikihow.com/Swap-Hard-Disk-Drive-Platters also when doing the swap the hardest part is finding the replacement drive as not only does it need to be the exact one because the defective one but it has to have the exact same firmware. And not having the exact same firmware it will not work as they have to be exactly the same. This is why I never made a video on doing this as finding the same hard drive with same firmware is like finding a needle in a haystack. Doing this job is very involved and what I provide here is for hobby and entertainment purposes only

@Okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk9 10 ай бұрын

@@carsandcamera okay thanks

@ATAHUALPA867 Жыл бұрын

Mine needle not stuck , picked by computer but won't let me see files. Is there another way to recover it ? Thanks.

@parth-dobariya 11 ай бұрын

If disk is appearing in file explorer. You can easily recover any formated/cleaned/deleted/Existing data using a command line tool called Test Disk.

@saurabhpriyadarshi4542 2 жыл бұрын

My 3 year old daughter walked over my laptop which led to hard drive damage. Can I retrive my data from the hard drive? Which agency will be helpful in doing this. Kindly suggest.

@stpr786 2 жыл бұрын

What does age have to do with anything.

@LowLightVideos 5 жыл бұрын

1:10 I can see two specks of dust at approximately 1 o'clock about 1/4" from the hub, when you hit them you'll probably get a crash. You might have been better off tapping it on the lower right corner. Let us know how many errors turn up.

@carsandcamera 5 жыл бұрын

I successfully removed all the data and no errors on the drive.

@LowLightVideos 5 жыл бұрын

@@carsandcamera Whew! 😅

@KoolBreeze420 Жыл бұрын

Clicking sounds. My hard drive just went down it tries to spin up then makes an odd noise and stops trying to run. I lost everything I deem as important and for some reason, my backups are missing the important directories. I will not let this happen again. I was thinking of trying to remove the platter and drop it in another drive, but, if this sound means the heads are just stuck as you demonstrated, I might be able to get it running long enough to grab the data. Something I find interesting just happened. I have hot disk turned on in bios so I can add and remove drives while my PC is running. So I opened Fdisk plugged in the drive and it saw it and it said it's not initialized. This tells me the circuit board is working and that the motor is not spinning up the platter. I think there could be 2 reasons the motor is dead or the heads are stuck, right? If the motor was dead, it wouldn't try and spin at all, but it does and it makes a beeping noise. I think I might stand a chance at recovering the data in the way you just demonstrated. what do you think?

@carsandcamera Жыл бұрын

Your heads may have clamped down on your platters if you notice these warning signs: Weak, regular beeping noises. Beeping is one of the most common signs of damaged read/write heads preventing a hard drive from spinning up.

@KoolBreeze420 Жыл бұрын

@@carsandcamera It just all of a sudden made that beeping sound when I restarted the computer as soon as I heard it I shut down and removed it. I then tried it using my recovery data cables with windows running and windows kinda sees rather fdisk sees it but says it's not initialized it's not like any other hard drive failure I've ever experienced. I think it's probably worth a shot taking the cover off and trying to recover the data what do you think?

@perplexed.wanderer 11 ай бұрын

@@KoolBreeze420 Did it work ?

@parth-dobariya 11 ай бұрын

I have similar problem with my HD. It is showing not initialized but its running and making rythmic noise. Before It became dead, It was working properly for months even after making this sound but I was not aware about it and one day it started to show disk is not initialized and its capacity is 0 bytes.

@jamesbombthelong 4 ай бұрын

don't you need a torque wrench to do that???

@ROHiT-nk1zo 3 жыл бұрын

There can be recovery in the truth.?

@ArtfulRascal8 2 жыл бұрын

oh ho booyy.

@neoleo9566 Жыл бұрын

It'll work for ps4 slime??

@deborahmatthie5270 3 ай бұрын

Please help ive lost 10 years of data and photos on my drive. No one will touch it.

@carsandcamera 3 ай бұрын

You need to keep checking there are people out there that are very successful with recovering data. Search "hard drive recovery service"

@deborahmatthie5270 3 ай бұрын

I will admit i open the drive to see whats wrong. The arm was stuck on the platter but not moving. Long story short I tried a few of my own fixes😮 then tried to send it away. They sent it back saying it was too badly damaged. I even bogan identical seagate thinking i could just swap disc to just get my data i failed miserably.@carsandcamera

@tmiller0209 3 жыл бұрын

would this work on ssd drives too?

@lpdp6741 3 жыл бұрын

An SSD has no moving parts, so no.

@lurkingcorsa10 7 ай бұрын

hahaha ...

@shiplu.mokaddim Жыл бұрын

Can you fix this actuator moving issue? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jr6da6eBuaqaYX0.html

@DeeDee-lz8zx 23 күн бұрын

I was quoted $400 - $2500 to repair the drive enough to get the pictures off it. Smh

@carsandcamera 13 күн бұрын

That’s why I created this video to help them do it themselves

@mumanddad8107 2 жыл бұрын

Do not do this, I followed this video and lost everything, computer shops will not touch the hard drive if it's been opened as it has to be in a dust free environment, don't do it or you will regret it like I did.

@thevintagelens 2 жыл бұрын

I find a lot holes in your story. Did you listen to what he says at the beginning (I’m not a hard drive technician do this at your own risk) and when you opened the drive was the arm sitting on the platters as in his example. This trick will only work if the arm is stuck on the platters. And then it’s dependent on if the arm is possibly damaged. And he warns you that this should be done in a clean room. Then if you were thinking of using a data recovery service that could run in the four figures why would risk your valuable data to youtube video. I see big holes in your story. I have opened a hard drive that are old and left them open to see how long they wii last applying read and writes to it. It was fun watching the heads race back and fourth and the drive continued to work. His video has over 500 likes so it must be working and then comes my final thoughts. You lost everything? Silly you didn’t have your data backed up. Hard drives are cheap and you didn’t have your data backed up. As I said big holes in your story

@marcse7en 3 ай бұрын

Why would you want to recover data from a dead hard drive? ... Smash the drive with a hammer, to protect the data, and simply use one of your BACKUPS! You DID backup, right? ... If not, you DESERVE to lose your data! 🤣