Jes Andresen

SEAGATE Harddisk Crashed

2 days since my HDD on the Laptop died a sudden death … (2 TB Seagate, 70% full, less than 7000 hrs of operation and <9TB written and <10 TB read … NOT as expected …)

It died while I was attempting to make back-up copies (without knowing it was about to die). Now it is dead. NO current DATA saved/backed up. Some older items deleted to make room … WORST possible time …

Booted Windows from the previous HDD … OK, but out of date, naturally (& no current data – of course).

Tried the DEAD HDD on USB, USB3, using USB powered 3.0 adapter, adapter with power (USB 2.0 and USB 3.0). Randomly, the disk was appearing (after a long time) but never long enough to read a bit from it …

It is under warranty – so no other experiments apply. Complicating is that SEAGATE wants it back – so no future attempts (e.g. once the replacement is installed) … I get it … they want proof it’s dead and they don’t want to send it back. (A very good argument to keep data encrypted and keys on separate media – I did!)

Progress will be posted here …

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