HD makes weird noise and pc doesn't boot

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EgregioSignore

Well, I have this Maxtor HD and I wonder if it's lost, along with
all the important data I have on it.

So here's what happens; on boot up, the disk seems
to activate. Then I hear this weird noise, something
sounding like "STACK!", and my pc won't boot up.

I've tried to put my HD in another computer as a slave HD, but
it isn't recognized; with the HD in slave mode, the PC
boots but access to filesystem is unbelievably slow
and still the filesystem won't see the drive at all.

In both cases, I cannot hear the classic "frying pan" noise.

Do you think my data is forever gone? Is there something
I can do/test before considering a data rescue by professionals?
 
EgregioSignore said:
Well, I have this Maxtor HD and I wonder if it's lost, along with
all the important data I have on it.

So here's what happens; on boot up, the disk seems
to activate. Then I hear this weird noise, something
sounding like "STACK!", and my pc won't boot up.

I've tried to put my HD in another computer as a slave HD, but
it isn't recognized; with the HD in slave mode, the PC
boots but access to filesystem is unbelievably slow
and still the filesystem won't see the drive at all.

In both cases, I cannot hear the classic "frying pan" noise.

Do you think my data is forever gone? Is there something
I can do/test before considering a data rescue by professionals?
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If you cant get a pc to even recognise the drive, its toast. Just
recover your data from your backups. You do have backups? Only the
slow dont these days.


NT
 
(e-mail address removed) ha scritto:
If you cant get a pc to even recognise the drive, its toast. Just
recover your data from your backups. You do have backups? Only the
slow dont these days.
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Part of the drive was, but some data are in there...
 
EgregioSignore said:
(e-mail address removed) ha scritto:

Part of the drive was, but some data are in there...
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I reckon thats where its gonna stay. You have a write-only drive.


NT
 
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