Secret of "dead" external HARD DRIVES! How to QUICKLY fix the problem, its cause and solution
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- Опубликовано: 26 мар 2016
- Secret of "dead" external HARD DRIVES! How to QUICKLY fix the problem, its cause and solution
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Thanks! Problem solved for $35; I was quoted "anything up to $2k to fix." You deserve a medal.
I don't comment on RUclips very often. But this time I had to offer my thanks and express my deep relief. After my 4TB external Seagate refused to mount, I lost all hope. Even though I've lost extremely valuable data before when another external drive was dropped on a concrete floor, I still somehow managed to fall way behind in backing up my Seagate. I knew I'd lost years of work but the thing that bothered me most was that I couldn't remember what else was on the drive. There's no feeling quite like losing hard drive. After a desperate search I found this video and was afraid to believe it could be so simple. Long story short, it was! I cracked open the case, removed the SATA bridge card and plugged the drive into a dock at work. It mounted immediately and I couldn't be happier. Thank you!
Thanks to this video I saved my hard drive but ironically burned my bacon watching this while preparing breakfast.
Wahahaaaaaa
A life for a life.
good muslimz dont eat pork!
You saved my decade old data backups, few hundreds of dollars and gave me peace of mind brother... I have no words to thank you for reminding this simple but never think fact that these so called external drives are the same internal drives wrapped with fancy enclosures.. Due to lockdown, I was thinking when I could send my external drive to a pro for recovering data for an unprecedented bill.. Being a tech fan, fortunately I have a robust hard drive dock and the stripped drive worked like a charm... Thanks a billion !
Brilliant! Bought a new SATA bridge connector from Amazon ($10), removed casing around Seagate external, disconnected old SATA, connected new one, worked like a charm! You really saved me a lot of headache. Thanks a million!
You wouldn't happen to have a link on what Sata bridge connector you bought on Amazon would you 4 years later? lol I also have Seagate external drive 5 TB.
I'm sure you won't see this and I don't usually leave comments, but I do want to say THANK YOU! Fallen upon this video gave me enough information to try to save an old hard drive once again... After accepting that thousands of pictures of my son from the ages of 1-5 were gone forever I actually managed to get them back today. It was indeed that SATA bridge, and they are all backed up now on a working drive, and soon to be going into even more redundancy in a RAID 6 NAS that I'm building.... So anyway, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!! (on a side note it is my birthday today, and I could not have asked for a better gift)
Hi excuse me but does the hard drive has a lifespan? I mean after it gets disconnected or something. I'd be disappointed if I lost all my sister's childhood photos.
@@DialthebarSoap No they work forever. You should not ever make another copy, because the drive you bought is fine and will never ever fail.
*** NOT TRUE!***
Make three copies of all data that's important. If you move photos from your phone and delete them, that is not a backup.
For real. Was just gonna say, I've never heard or seen this information, and its so simple. Thank you
THANK YOU ...for taking time to do this vid as many of us have these old drive
sitting on a shelf with data
Thank you, this worked for me! I retrieved about 10 years of photos and data by purchasing a $30 AU SATA adapter. Very happy I came across your video. So thanks again :)
You're amazing. That was my failure also. Wouldn't know it. I thought it was the drive gone bad. 👍👍👍
I just lost access to my portable hard drive, you were right! Fixed it! Thanks
Best Buy Geek Squad just quoted me 600-10K for data recovery of my failed external hard drive. They literally said there was nothing to be done if the hard drive won't power up. I had a spare, working hard drive. I followed the instructions in this video and I had my data back in minutes. Thank you!
Was tearing my hair out trying to figure this out, thanks a lot dude.
I'm going to try this - THANK YOU THERE IS HOPE YET :D You share such beneficial information, thanks again
excellent ! thank you... the world needs more honest people out there like you to help save a dollar instead of throw money away
You, sir, have saved my bacon. Thank you for the very informative video. Followed your instructions.
Brilliant, thank you so much. What an easy solution and well explained. Cheers from the UK
While the video was a little repetitive, you eventually covered all the points and saved me a lot of money, the article was also very helpful and detailed!
What about the SATA bridge? Would replacing that save my bacon?
@@steamer2k319 to be honest I had to write off the data on the drive. Not sure if a new sata bridge would let you recover what's on your drive
Very useful video. Thanks.
A USB-SATA conversion cable ($10) also works to get data off.
When I hacked open my Seagate 3.5" 2TB, I blew the dust off the SATA Bridge PCB, pulled it out and put it back and the drive started working again for a short time. This might help someone copy data across if they are in a hurry.
I then bought a powered 2.5/3.5" USB3.0 to SATA conversion cable ($10) to replace the broken SATA Bridge PCB for my 3.5". It was cheaper than a dock and I don't access the drives often.
I also decided to get naked and bought 3x 2TB 3.5" internal hard drives and some nice colourful plastic boxes to store them in and use the cable to access them when/if needed.
The article you link to is also interesting and useful.
Amazing! Have just got what you have shown me to work! I even had a USB-Sata adapter ready, having needed one for connecting to internal HDD from old PCs. Many thanks.
My hard drive wasn't being recognized by any computer. A local data recovery guy asked me for $250 to recover the data. I watched your video, bought a dock for $50, popped the naked hard drive in and Instantly accessed my data. Thank You!
The only video data rescue companies don’t want you to watch 😅 Thanks for another gem on YT dude.
I held on to my segate external hard drive for years without success, but after watching your video I was able to save my hard drive. Thank you so much🙏🏽
Just had the depeche mode - violator album playing over the top of this, not realising both are on. They make a good combo :D
This was a good help video in that it didn't piss about with intro sequences (which are completely redundant on this post TV media platform) and didn't bury the speech with unnecessary background music.
I happen to still have an external harddrive case with a SATA card so I can check if this is the problem.
Awesome! I was able to resurrect my 'dead' external drive. Thanks!
Divine intervention must have brought this video to me right now, today. I am going to try this, and if it works... you are in need of major compensation for making this video and beating the system, and exposing the secret. This data loss is not just a small thing this is a SPIRITUAL WAR against losing our memories as human beings and being in a constant state of AMNESIA. Back when we had photos and photo albums, you drop a photo on the ground and it floats to the ground, unscathed, now you drop a hard drive and in a blink of a second years of memories are gone. We need to reclaim our power and stop giving our precious memories to these devices and do like retro times and have things in analog. You are an amazing person for exposing this secret. I don't know how I must have found your video but by chance, my prayers may be answered.
You're amazing thanks for sharing your video. So glad I found your video, my external hard drive was fine and the fault was the sata bridge. In the end I bought a caddy and everything was working as normal. Cheers👍
thank you so much, this isn't the first video of yours i've seen, but i recognize that truth always points in the same direction. :)
Bacon Man, I just gotta say, this is Incredible. Why didn't I try and find this information seven years ago? You just got my one drive back up and running no problem with a dock, and I'm looking forward to trying to crack open a Lacie.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, saved my data!! You are brilliant!!
I bought my Orico sata dock years ago and it's super handy. I have several ssd and hdds that I've collected for various projects over the years and being able to access the data within seconds by just plugging it in and powering the dock on is really good.
What an amazing article! I failed at about 10 of the steps and now have my life on a 6 T Seagate that won't respond. I will rewatch until I grasp the steps to take
Well, your tip JUST SAVED MY BACON. My external seagate drive stopped working, so I opened it took the drive out and installed it in an external case, it works just fine, I’m backing it up as I write this note of great gratitude and thanks.
I just wanted to say thank you for this video. I stopped my husband from spending money we didn't have on something we didn't need. 👍👍👍
Thanks so much - awesome work! I have to pick up one of those handy drive toasters!
This is relevant for drives circa 2012 which are still in use today.. The separate SATA/USB bridge found in that vintage drive has since been been integrated on the drive PCB as a reliability and cost reduction improvement.
Great video, thanks! Just revived a failing 2007 HDD with all my picture backups! Totally perfect
You "saved my bacon"; many, many thanks. I was able to retrieve old family videos, photos, and projects because of this video. I was told that my old hard drives were dead and it would cost me hundreds of dollars to get the information. I sent you a little bacon, too.
You saved my bacon today. Thank you. Thought I had lost my family pics
Glad I could help
"Responsible for 95% of hard drive deaths". Spot on. I thought I had lost a slew of precious irreplaceable data. I cannot thank you enough. God bless you.
@Terry Riley how did you manage to recover data?
@@baccount2813I have a Seagate 2TB external hard drive. The light was on but not blinking and my computer was not detecting anything. I seen this video stating that the SATA bridge is to blame for 95% of hard drive failures, so I did further research and found this video: ruclips.net/video/AW12Cm7L3qA/видео.html It's specifically for Seagate drives but you should be able to apply it. Once I replaced the SATA bridge, all files appeared again. Please let me know how you do.
@@terryriley1174 I have 4TB external harddrive and it shows up on my PC but unable to access it. It gives a pop up message to format the drive. I ran chkdsk (couldn't complete the chkdsk) on my external harddrive and during the process it gave errors like 'file record segment unreadable' and 'deleting corrupt attribute record from file record segment'. I checked the properties of the drive through a partition software and it showed used space: 0kb and free space : 3.64TB. Don't know how to go about it
@@terryriley1174 4TB WD passport hard drive
@@baccount2813 Sorry but I don't have a clue. I would just type some of those error messages verbatim into Google and take it from there..
I know this is an older vid, but thank you. I've been dealing with a WD external that went down on me a week ago. Most I've been able to ascertain is something about a damaged partition table. I'll give the adapter a shot!!
Matt Palmer I havevv vs the same problem. Did the hard driver reader work
The video every data rescue companies don’t want you to watch! Thanks amigo!
Very glad I found this video, thanks for the info and recommendations.
Thank you :D I had no idea!!
Holy shit this saved me a million times over. Not necessarily because the usb-sata bridge was broken, but I think previously I was underestimating how easy it is to get a bad connection of one due to incorrect USB power supply or wires or something. Either way I came here in the hope I could save a huge database of (manually recorded to WAV) music records. Plugged the thing back in with a new setup expecting corruption and voila... it bloody worked.
This is legit. Plugged my external drive inside my computer, bam it's working.
I absolutely love this video. Thanks for this informative video. Hell I was late to the party. But in 2022 this video is still relevant . Much appreciated.
It figures you would be highly learned in this topic as well. Really digging your content.
But will it save my Bacon?
But will it save my goat meat, its so sweet to the taste.
Hey T,
I just wanted you to know...... I am an avid follower. Turned pro 2 years ago and have 8 regular clients. AND, I want to say Thank you. I shoot Ballet and other stage type events in NYC. I bought a D7100. Because....YOU WERE RIGHT!!! I'm going thru some lens mistakes right now and am watching your series on lenses. But, I have a few questions if you have the time.
I am going to try this AFTER I move, and maybe this backup drive falling is a sign to stop obsessing over my objects and files before I move houses, and to focus on sorting through my memories and files after I move and enjoy the last moments in my childhood home.
Bro, you are so awesome for this. Thank you so much!
You just saved my data with pictures and iTunes folder. My Portable Samsung just stopped working, it happened a few weeks ago where it wouldn't mount, but after a few plus / unplug it worked again and I forgot about it, till yesterday or it didn't wanted to mount. Disk seemed to be ok, but little light didn't blink, so after listening to your video, it all made sense, now it's ok, but I'll make a second copy for sure. THANKS!
thank you so much for this truth brother. God bless your continued success
Adding to the plethora of comments letting you know YOU SAVED MY BACON. THANK YOU!!!!! Got my shit BACK, son
Awesome video Thanks so much for posting it.
After watching ten of these videos, I started first by replacing the external transformer plug-in for seven bucks and it worked. The transformers do a lot of step-down current work and are prone to failure.
Please add a link in description for the external drive dock / bay that you recommend
Yes. I saved my data cracking open the case of external Toshiba HD and using a SATA to USB card! Thanks!
I did the same but no luck. nothing, it started spinning but wont open or show
wow! thanks! I almost threw mine away with all my info!
Thank you for this video. Our WD Black P10 sata bridge has gone bad, will any bridge work? This has a 2.5 inch HDD. Thanks!
Cool info to know !! Thanks
Do you have a video of the actual procedure ? (disconnection of the SATA card) ?
Awesome Video, "WD My Passport" dead for 5 years sprang to life as soon as I connected the Sata 2.5" USB adapter off Amazon £6.00. Now for some caddies, ripping out the old PC, and remixing the archives.. Thank you for your help Theoria!
Thanks! You saved my beef! :D
I am Muslim and I don't eat pork!
A big thanks all the way from Pakistan.
hehehehe, beef bacon :)
Spiritual Warfare Thanks I would love to eat turkey but it is not available here in pakistan. This territory is hooked on mutton and beef.
Great! More for me.
He saved my chicken. It had pictures of the hen party on the drive and all the chicks were glum.
lmao!!!
Thank you very much for the info.
I did this a few years ago to a 2 T external hard drive, where the external enclosure stopped, but I took the hard drive out of it, and it was like any other hard drive and all I had to do was plug it in to my desktop as a second hard drive, and it still works today; and I didn't lose any of the data that was on it.
I have an old Seagate Barracuda Hdd that would not connect to my PC. It would make a sound like it wanted to start spinning and then it would stop and make a faint click. After watching this vid I went to Best Buy got a hard drive dock, I removed the SATA bridge from the hdd and docked the hdd and it fired right up. I have to mention that I first tried it on an old W7 laptop and the laptop would not read it. Tried with W10 laptop and it worked. Thank you for making this vid.
Yep - spot on!
I’m so happy I didn’t start breaking my external hard drive and that I looked this up on RUclips because I see my files again. I probably did the one thing I shouldn’t have to check but you were right. Thanks
I still have my Bacon
Top spot, no BS and as it is.. thanks!
Well... you saved my bacon... two weeks ago, one external hd for the xbox died; I can hear the spinning, but no light neither was detected by any device. Went to a repair shop and the guy -really rude btw- told me "those can not be repaired", without even check it. "How it happened?" he asked me, I explained, he told me some techno babble about over spinning, etc. I'm not an expert but I know enough to recognize techno babble, I left, and ordered a case 2.5 to usb 3.1, worked like a charm.
shazaaaam
This man just saved all my bacon. Thank you kind sir.
Dude!! Love your videos!
same thing happened to my brothers 1.5tb external... stopped working one day, gave it to me after he got another one. I ripped it open (was very well made to try stop people getting the drive out) got it out anyway put it straight into PC via sata and boom I have a new HDD lol
OMG! I spent 2 hours with apple tech support, they never mentioned this - she just said it's an external hard drive crash, probably dead. Bring it to an apple store. Thank you,
I feel like now, I might be a little more educated, I don't feel like a sitting duck :-) your awesome. How much should I expect to be charged by them or should I put my head down and TRY to understand the fix and do it myself?
I noticed it sounds like a car in the wrong gear. I tried all the R, P holding...Turning off and on, unplugging, blahhh, blah, but the cursor is still in the upper left hand corner and not responding. Also, the bluetooth icon at the top of the (screen to the date) has a squiggley line thru it. the wifi is gray and not communicating. Could your video be what I need?
BTW, I ate bacon twice yesterday!
Do you have any experience with WD My Passports for Mac? Would this process work similarly if I were to purchase a specific Doc?
This worked and saved my drive, thank you!!
THX FOR SHARING !
Thank you so much!
You keep saying how its this damn sata card well how do you fix the damn thing 😤😤
you get the little device he shows and you plug in the naked drive into it and plug in the machine to your computer
@@cyberwolf9591 What's that little device called?
@@iamco698 This might help you. ruclips.net/video/5cTZBMi-XwQ/видео.html
@@iamco698 This also: ruclips.net/video/PwQu37T1a50/видео.html
Guy sure does love his bacon.
Judging by his shirt he loves a good work out too.
looool
He Is Bacon!
HIS NAKED BACON! XD
=)
Hahahaha
Good information. Thanks.
currently getting a Critical Hardware error when trying to initialize a few SSDs , thought it was just bad luck -- never thought it was the SATA bridge.. The hdd dock is brilliant just ordered one .. I hope this works!
That's why I still prefer regular hdd's to ssd's. They both will fail, but hdd's are much cheaper and if they do fail, the data is still there and can be easily recovered.
Hey man you saved my bacon. 5 TB seagate works again. Thanku!
Thanks, it worked!! Man, you have saved so much bacon, Pigs are everywhere, in the streets, parks etc.... You are the God og Pigs!!! Hail Porky!!
Hey, great to see your video. However, I have one of those hard drive docks. When I had two in there (it has a cloning function but was not touched) there was a short shortcut sound and now neither one (128 gb and normal 2.5 inch 1 tb) are showing up in finder, system information or disk utility. I have a sata cable and use the bare disk. It lights up, spins but is just not recognized. Any idea?
you totally saved my ass. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to open this damn drive, and this video helped me out of frustration and into buying a hard drive dock and opening my external! :)
I was unaware that there was so much BIJ (Bacon In Jeopardy) but thanks for the tip!
Many thanks for going to the trouble of creating this.
Thanks again
Many thanks 😊
I had two external drives that died years ago but I always kept them in case one day I wanted to figure out how to "fix" them. I was looking into getting a new large external harddrive about a month ago and I came across some stuff very similar to this about how the external hard drive is just a regular hard drive with a case and a lot of times the case breaks and the hard drive is fine (I felt pretty silly not figuring this out on my own). I bought a external enclosure on Amazon for ~$27 and broke open the "dead" external cases to get the drive inside. Both drives still worked so I ran a full format on them (already had the content backup when they originally "died" so I didn't need it again) and installed them inside my desktop to add new drives. I'm sure tons of people just toss out the external drives when they "die" and they are actually tossing good drives.
+guitarwinds I have another drive that appeared to be "dead" even with the enclosure so I've got to try this technique of switching out the SATA bridge, didn't know about this.
So could I just clone my external hard drive that isn’t mounting to a new external with a hard drive dock?? Thanks for the info very helpful 👍🏽🙏🏽
I have used freezing hard drives to good effect on occasion and can be a useful non-invasive step. Obviously bagged with silica gel to avoid condensation issues. Several reasons can attribute the method.
Interesting. I had a WD external drive I was using for my Time Machine backups stop working after I moved. I cracked the thing open and took the 2 hard drives out and bought a dock to run them in. I didn't realize why the original casing failed. I only had the things for a few months and I didn't think the hard drives inside failed, that it was something else. It was a 4TB drive that had 2TB drives inside.
Nice video. Never thought that, but good to know. Thanks, will save my bacon in the future
Thanks, Theres a reason to open my drawer of dead hard drives now :)
+Mark Osborne lol. I have the same. like 7 or 8 drives just sitting there
extremely helpful, thank you