Bricked old drive?

[zlolslavez]

So, my parents work computer stopped booting, and I needed to get some information on it. So i removed the drive from the system and placed it into mine connecting it through sata. It let me see the files on it, and I didn't copy or backup the files at the time. I needed to open  a specific program off the drive, and it wouldn't work. So I decided I would try to boot of the drive to open it. I booted it, and I saw the windows xp logo for maybe 2 seconds, surprisingly at full resolution despite it being much older than my current computer, in which I saw a bsod soon afterwards. Now in my normal win 8 os, the drive will not show up anymore. What is the issue?

 

edit: the drive is clearly spinning as u can hear it.

[thekeemo]

do you see it in computer management?

[zlolslavez]

do you see it in computer management?

no

edit: not detected in disk manager or device manager

[thekeemo]

no

try changing the sata/ide port

[zlolslavez]

try changing the sata/ide port

it was working previously on the same sata port. i guess ill try it anyway.

[thekeemo]

it was working previously on the same sata port. i guess ill try it anyway.

I know sometimes that just fixes stuff

[zlolslavez]

I know sometimes that just fixes stuff

Nope.

[ictdude1]

could be a dead hard drive

[mr moose]

Sounds like it's dead,  is smart disk enabled in bios? when it boots does it give an error or does it simply say no system disk?

[Captain_WD]

So, my parents work computer stopped booting, and I needed to get some information on it. So i removed the drive from the system and placed it into mine connecting it through sata. It let me see the files on it, and I didn't copy or backup the files at the time. I needed to open  a specific program off the drive, and it wouldn't work. So I decided I would try to boot of the drive to open it. I booted it, and I saw the windows xp logo for maybe 2 seconds, surprisingly at full resolution despite it being much older than my current computer, in which I saw a bsod soon afterwards. Now in my normal win 8 os, the drive will not show up anymore. What is the issue?

 

edit: the drive is clearly spinning as u can hear it.

 

Hey zlolslavez,

 

did you see the error code from the BSOD? Is the drive detected in BIOS? Are there any strange sounds coming from the drive? Are there any error codes popping up or any beeping sounds coming from the motherboard when you try to boot from the drive? What brand/model is the drive?

 

I would try to connect the drive on another computer or externally via a docking station or an external enclosure to see if that changes anything. 

 

Captain_WD.