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Need some help with a HDD

Stugotsv10
By Stugotsv10
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OK so who cares about hard drives right?? WELLLL this one happens to have a decent amount of bitcoin on it... its old like from when BTC was basically pocket change. ANDDD its clicking.

 

Normally when this happens we junk em, but in this case.. anyone have any ideas? I'd really like to not lose this BTC

 

This is so important I actually messaged Linus himself lol

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no backups?

  

MAIN PC: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming | RAM: 16Gb DDR4 Patriot Viper 4 3200 | GPU: XFX RX580 4Gb GTS | Case: Sharkoon S25-W | Storage: M.2 NVME Adata Gammix S10 128Gb + SATA SSD WD Blue 1Tb | ODD: LG GH24NSD1 | PSU: Seasonic Core GM-500 | Display: AOC I2490PXQU | Cooler: Wraith Stealth | Keyboard: Logitech K120 | Mouse: Logitech B100 | Sound: the usual integrated Realtek | OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit

RETRO PC: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 2800+ | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M | RAM: 2Gb DDR 800 | GPU: ATi Radeon 9600 Pro 128Mb | Case: Tacens Anima AC4500 | Storage: IDE WD Blue 80Gb + IDE DVD-RW drive + floppy drive | Sound: Terratec 128i ESS Solo-1 PCI | OS: Windows 98 SE + Windows XP SP3 + Linux Bionic Pup 32
HTPC: CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G | Motherboard: AsRock B450M-HDV R4.0 | RAM: 16Gb DDR4 G.Skill Aegis 3200 | Case: Aerocool CS-101 | Storage: SATA SSD Silicon Power A55 256Gb | ODD: LG blu-ray WH14NS40 | OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit

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14 minutes ago, Stugotsv10 said:

Sadly back then no

There are services that are specialized on restoring HDDs, if at all possible (i.e. platters are still intact/readable). Of course they cost a pretty penny. Pretty sure LTT actually has a video or two about one such service.

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30 minutes ago, Stugotsv10 said:

its an IDE

Your best bet is contacting a service (in your local area) similar to this one:

 

Depending on the damage, you should not use to drive at all, because you just risk damaging it more (and beyond repair). As I said above, this will cost some money depending on the type of damage and/or recovery they have to do. So you'll have to figure out how much those coins are worth (i.e. should be more than the cost of recovery otherwise it's pointless).

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