β38368[Reply]
I have 2 old HDD's, one is from 2013 and the other is from 2007. They both make clicking noises when plugged in, the older one is louder and ~3x faster but makes the usual whirring noise as well, while the newer one is barely audible and clicks once per second, but no whirring sound. lsblk didnt list the second one (i couldnt see the first because i yanked the cable out the second i heard the clicks like a coward), these are both windows laptop HDD's, 2.5", older one is 200GB and the newer is 750GB, How can i rescue the data inside? All help is appreciated. Both use a SATA power and a SATA data cord, one plugged into DC and the other into my main (debian) laptop. Posting here since I'm about to sleep and it would get slid off in /g/ or /soy/. Ask any questions you want, I'll answer them either ~12 hours later or now. Cross posting from the swinny since i need answer btw
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>>38375>Don't use an HDD for a boot drive as modern OS's (yes Linux too) are god awful about thrashing the shit out of disks and writing SNCA log files constantly.Linux's is easier to fix but not other software in the background. Windows is a lost cause. The disk light on every windows 11 machine I've see is useless because its on nearly the entire time
β38392
>>38388Literally nobody on /sci/ uses windows it's not even worth mentioning
β38413
you should assess yourself in the dustiest room you can
β38417
>>38385SMART doesn't take on extra read, its just stats the disk stores over time in the firmware
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>>38368 (OP)Make sure to use ddrescue on Linux to duplicate them, not just plain copying
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>>38417I didnt know that, thanks, I'll check it.
>>38421yeah thats what I've been doing