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Will it work if the "reader arm" on the drive is bent/broken and if there is scratches/dust on the disc platters?

Will it work even if I dont have the drive? (to see the structure)

I already tried it , also , so back to my question

That broke the drive even more. Question: Is there a program or Windows setting or command prompt or BIOS or a route to guide up a 'structure' or 'mapped tree' of the content of a harddrive that were on that PC before? For example, if I had a game installed on the (storage) drive, it makes a shortcut on the desk, which the 'shortcut' is created and saved on the C: (windows path) drive, that leads to the destination of the other drive. other example, if I download a photo or file from the internet, it is saved in the Temp folder also in the C: drive, even if I set it to be saved in the other drive. Is there any program or software that would do a full structure path of what was on the other drive? (even if it comes down as complicated as 1's and 0's in the BIOS) (more or less as google webarchive if you know what that is)

The drive itself is 3TB, I pulled it out and looked. I tried both AOMEI and Macrium, both failed. Macrium coudln't find the drive, and AOMEI woudln't even start/load. Both programs load and work when the disk is not plugged in.

what software do you recommend for doing a sector by sector clone? i had 3 software since before that was installed on my pc, that i used before. but i forgot which i used and the task. they are; macrium reflect aomei partition assistant minitool partition wizard (+ shadowmaker) i guess they are cloning softwares but i never ehard sector by sector cloning before. yes but shouldn't my replacement drive (my new drive) be 2 TB if my old drive is that size so they are going be "identical" in size no matter what the damage of the bad one is? for example, if i had 1,8 TB data on it, and only 1.3 TB of data is recoverable, it wouldn't work to clone/copy that to a 1 TB new drive. (not enough space) will it write to the drive if i do a clone, or if i do a "partition" recovery method from a software? i tried google for partition recovery tools, and found a bunch, that seems to be different from cloning softwares. no idea which one is to recommend or is best too either here. examples i found, tenorshare, hetman recovery,, wondershare, active-undelete.

The thing is, I dont know any data recovery specialists in my country (i dont live in usa) and I dont know how expensive it would be, if i atleast can check the folders and files that were on it, but not retrievable, i can accept that also. If the prices are going to be over $2000 I dont know if i can afford that. but im most curious/importantly want to know, why is it only showing 128 GB (unallocated) in disk management, when its a 1 tb or 2 tb drive? and vishera...; about the cloning process, if i clone the drive,, will it only clone so it will be a "unallocated 128 GB drive or will it also clone the "not shown 1 or 2 tb of data) also? so my clone (other disk) should be also 2 TB to be safe/sure? and what does rebuild MBR exactly mean? i saw AOMEI partition assistant software had this option.

what do you mean?

2 questions here, if i image the drive, will it image it so it shows 128 GB unallocated, and image that 128 GB unallocate drive, and the data will be gone, and how do i check if the image has any of the data on it? (if you mean a certain software tool, which?) , again i ask to be 100% sure i dont worsen the problem here.

My pc (case) started making a weird noise, I immedietly powered it off, so nothing bad was going to happen and the noise stopped. When I powered it off, the screen "froze" like a mixed colored lines on the screen purple-ish and bunch of others, and then it shut down. After waiting 10 minute, I started the PC again, and it can't find my hard drive (HDD) I have 2 drives in the pc, 1 is installed on windows (C:), that means it were able to boot up, but my other (internal) drive (E:), that I use for data storage (it is higher capacity, seagate model) can't be found in "my computer" anymore. After opening up disk management (diskmgmt.msc) it found an "unknown" drive, that i assume is the one that failed. it shows a disk icon with a red arrow pointing down, and called Disk 1 in bold letter under that, it says unknown, 128,00 GB, not initialized and next to it with a black stripe it says under unallocated after that a screen prompted, to initialize disk using either MBR or GPT. i clicked down this window right away, i didn't wanna do something that i didn't know of. after that, i googled my problem, i found various "causes" for this, and various "answers" and "fixes", which didn't give me any answer at all on what to do about this problem. and most importantly, none of my searches found my exact problem, because i am 100% sure that this drive and that my drive that went missing, is larger then 128 gb, i don't know the exact space on it right now, but i used it as storage, so im assuming it was either a 1 tb or 2 tb drive. and I am even 99,8% sure that before this occured, i had precisely 128 gb free space on it. (which im assuming is the unknown allocated space) which was free before. however before doing anything further that may worse the situation, i ask here and hope some (hard drive) expert can help me out. cause yes, i had very important data and files on the disk i would like to recover,, or atleast parts or bits of it. (even if the files are corrupted, but atleast be able to view them) if i can't fully recover the data, i want to see atleast the folders and files that were on it. but i am hoping to do a full data recovery ofcourse, if thats possible. i can go to a store and get a new HDD and try copy/save whatever that im able to aswell. so what should i do ? i dont want "wipe" it out by make a new format full wipe, and why is it showing 128.00 GB when the drive is obviously a lot bigger?

i did this instead and it solved it

i now tried cloning my disk with the program macrium reflect and it failed, when i tried to use my new ssd to boot windows i get this error message. i even tried to fix it by options here and use windows usb stick and also the repair failed. i even watched several youtube videos how to do the cloning and i followed exactly everything they did in steps and it worked for them but not for me. sorry im writing from an old laptop and i dont know how to resize the image if its large. basicly the window says 'your device needs to be repaired' after i try use the new ssd to boot up from.

should i be worried? i literally only had the ssd running for 29 hours and already 99%... https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/crystal-disk-says-ssd-at-99-should-i-be-worried.231277/ according to this thread...its caused by "wear and tear".. what about in next 29 hours itll be at 98%?

just tried the game fortnite by default it put me on epic settings and my computer then suddenly became quiet as a silent mouse. nothing. even the ssd stopped making noise. but as soon i get back to windows again, it starts buzzing like a bee locked in a water bottle again. and the mouse cursor moves choppy around the screen with every pixel moved making the noise screech more.

found this answer at tom's hardware For non mechanical electronics a high pitch whine is normally caused by a vibration of a component at around 20 KHz. This is close to the freq used by some switching PS circuit. The SSD may (Do not know for sure) contain a PWM circuit to reduce the applied 5 Volts (From PSU) down to a lower voltage to be used by the cells. I would verify that it infact is coming from the SSD. Remove the SSD but leave it connected should be able to stick your ear on the case. If it is the SSD RMA it. Most common source is the PSU. That being the PSU, or an excessive ripple component on the 5 V line. and suggested upgrade firmware on SSD or RMA it. should i upgrade firmware before clone it? and how i upgrade firmware on samsung ssd?

good idea. yea i know corrupt system files isnt about the drive itself being faulty. however in my theory a faulty drive could end up messing install correct way and making them corrupt. (during install process) in MY theory. cause the big question mark here is how can a brand new windows install already have corrupt system files?

i still dont understand you. i scanned my C drive on 25th july and everything was Fine OK I bought my new drive on 26th july I installed windows on it 28th july , it had corrupt system files I switched back to my old drive again on 29th july, the weird noise stopped and the system windows scan turned out OK again I switched back my new drive 30th july and corrupt system files and bad noise appear again I haven't yet made a clone Im gonna intend clone my old drive to new drive, putting all healthy things on the new one.

Is it perfectly safe to have a SSD plugged in with SATA and the other cable (forgot name) without havin it screwed attached to your disk cage? Also how sensitive are SSDs ? Cause I may have dropped it on floor when i opened it the box (i opened it upside down and it fall out) (of course this isn't something i would say when / if i RMA it)

Samsung, 5 year warranty, on the EVO product lines it says. Should i first clone my disk and see if it fixes the noise ? Maybe the install was error or corrupt making windows unstable that why idk. just thinking here.

its an SSD the noise coming from

whats HDD? i have a phone it has microphone? but i dont know how to put it here. No i said its NOT something i can live with. The high pitch sound make my ear drums bleed to be blunt.

Yes, to make it clear Disk A is the disk i wanna clone (my old disk) , Disk B is the disk I wanna become like disk A (the new disk), disk B have the corrupt system windows files, disk A have zero problems with either windows, any software or hardware, and oh for additional input its disk B that are making the weird noise also , and runs the mouse cursor choppy and system feels clunky slow. Also temp on disk B is quite high crystal said, its 36 degrees, while the other is only 24 degrees

I tried to mount old ssd again and then it became quiet again my computer. How can i record noise? its a kinda high pitch noise so its not something i can live with. (unlike fan noise those i can live with and have become a natural sound for me now)

Why? its windows system that is corrupt, not the disk? And the windows system will be deleted anyway? I will be copying over the source drive with healthy windows to new? and the squeelchinig sound when i move my cursor? keep in mind that the 2nd drive have never been screwed into my box, it been loose. can that be reason? and lastly should i return it and get new if issue dont resolve? i think samsung have 5 year warranty?

Nah I dont mind wiping it clean losing all data I put on so far. It just been some drivers and programs like CPU-z, google, and crystal disk info. Funny tho, I did a sfc scannow on new disk and it already showed up corrupt files in system on C , (new disk) and it was just a fresh windows install. Even my old (source) C dont have any errors in windows. Also my mouse cursor feels "choppy" to move in new install, and when i move it comes a squeelching noise from my PSU/disk , like its pushing limits, but on old disk its smoooooth and silent as a kitten. Ideas? (both showed OK status in crystal disk info)