How to read data from a faulty HDD

Well MM I have picked up non existent HDDs in the past and I have checked for them with DISKPART, My Computer, Device Manager and Partition Wizard etc etc in normal Windows OS runs.

Now whether I have just been lucky or have fluked it the fact remains that I have used Ubuntu on many occasions to get me out out of fixes where I cannot access the drive or cannot see it.

You are of course entitled to your opinion and views on my comments and I do take your point but as I have stated it has worked for me.

Now for the sake of trying it it isn't worth one just giving up and for the sake of burning a CD and keeping it for future use if nothing else one has got nothing to lose - would you agree??

Better to try and fail than fail to try:)

ICit2lol said:

Well MM I have picked up non existent HDDs in the past and I have checked for them with DISKPART, My Computer, Device Manager and Partition Wizard etc etc in normal Windows OS runs.

Now whether I have just been lucky or have fluked it the fact remains that I have used Ubuntu on many occasions to get me out out of fixes where I cannot access the drive or cannot see it.

You are of course entitled to your opinion and views on my comments and I do take your point but as I have stated it has worked for me.

Now for the sake of trying it it isn't worth one just giving up and for the sake of burning a CD and keeping it for future use if nothing else one has got nothing to lose - would you agree??

Better to try and fail than fail to try:)

As you said, there is nothing to lose
I burned it to a disk and booted up, but Ubuntu doesn't recognize the 160 bad drive
I made a picture by my camera, but the batteries are dead, so I WILL post a picture tomorrow... seems to me like the data+disk are gone and dead 4ever...

All advises are good advises. But if you read whole thread you know for sure..... disk is unrepairable and totally faulty.

Yeah well Petko mate I guess if you took that drive apart you would see perhaps broken bits or even the control circuit PCB underneath may have scorch marks or such. Me I would fling another board on for the hell of it and see what happens but best left if you haven't got the time or gear.

Inside the drive there are if you want them some static super magnets that the read arm uses to actuate - very useful in magnetising screwdrivers and with double sided tape to hold tools (small) to the shelves of your work area. You just need to be a precise in removing them DON'T use heat to losen the magnets off - it kills them.

The disks make super wind chimes too

Meant to mention hang on to that disk mate - very handy.

Kaktussoft said:

All advises are good advises. But if you read whole thread you know for sure..... disk is unrepairable and totally faulty.

Yea, I gave up the disk is going to be forgotten

ICit2lol said:

Yeah well Petko mate I guess if you took that drive apart you would see perhaps broken bits or even the control circuit PCB underneath may have scorch marks or such. Me I would fling another board on for the hell of it and see what happens but best left if you haven't got the time or gear.

Inside the drive there are if you want them some static super magnets that the read arm uses to actuate - very useful in magnetising screwdrivers and with double sided tape to hold tools (small) to the shelves of your work area. You just need to be a precise in removing them DON'T use heat to losen the magnets off - it kills them.

The disks make super wind chimes too

Meant to mention hang on to that disk mate - very handy.

Thats what i wanted to do too
I was curious and Googled a little, and came a cross that the Hard drives disks(rotating part ) are out of titanium!!!
I would like to now if that is true...
Titanium is non magnetic so thats why i got confused...

Now I think the disks are or have been made of different materials and maybe even a hardened glass but whatever they are they would have a magentic coating on them or be an alloy of some magnetic element. I don't know for sure but it is worth some research.

Here is one ref as I thought they were Hard disk drive platter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia