Hard drive wont initialise

[vybzk]

i have a 800 gig western digital 3.5" hardrive. i was busy copying files then it failed and wont startup again. it shows in disk management as not initialised but when i try to initialise it says incorrect function. other forums say the drive is dead but does any one know of any solutions for this? thanks

 

[bassfisher6522]

Check western digital website for their hard drive checker and run it to check the drive.

 

[vybzk]

ive tried that. it dosent pick up the hardrive. the hardive spins up but wont initialise

 

[dtxx]

Sounds like bad news. Especially if it failed in the middle of a transfer. Try a USB/SATA adapter on yours and another machine if possible. If those fail... you may be looking at an unrecoverable (sans clean room and special equipment) drive error.

 

[vybzk]

thanks for help. it was in an external case. tried different cases, different pcs, even tried freezing it. looks like theres nothing else to do

 

[IIllytch321]

(sans clean room and special equipment)

Good use of forgotten, underappreciated preposition, brah