salvaging a dying hard disk

[compdoc]

>I have never had to use Spinrite to recover data before

>and had forgotten about it. Unfortunately it doesn't see the disk either.

 

Spinrite is a great tool, but it has a few flaws: it's too old now and can't
work with disks that are 1TB or larger. And if you have a lot of bad
sectors, it can literally takes days to try to fix things. Working your
drive for days might not be the best thing for a failing disk.

 

Freezing hard drives sounds a bit voodoo to me - you might have the same
luck by swinging a dead cat over your head three times. But good luck, and
let us know if it helped.





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