Trying to backup files from hard drive that Windows cant read.

[Riiie]

I’d like some help on how to backup my files from a hard drive that can be detected by windows.
This red arrow on disk management shows up and I cant initialize disk, an error about “I/O device error” shows up.
I’ve come to the conclusion that maybe the hdd is dead and I want to save the files in the drive.
I hope anyone can help me with this.

[veeg]

Hello

Check this site.. The Complete Solutions for I/O Device Error on Disks

1st thing to do. Go to solution #4 to check that drive..

[Rustys]

another thing that you can attempt is use a live version of Linux,

Is this an internal or external drive?

[Riiie]

another thing that you can attempt is use a live version of Linux,

Is this an internal or external drive?

its an internal hard drive.
also, i can hear a slight clicking at the start of the boot then goes silent after

[Rustys]

Could be a dyeing to already dead drive from what you describe sounds like the click of death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_of_death

[Riiie]

Could be a dyeing to already dead drive from what you describe sounds like the click of death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_of_death

yep, it sounds close to this. though not as much frequent with the clicks
is there anyway that i can save the data tho?

Hello

Check this site.. The Complete Solutions for I/O Device Error on Disks

1st thing to do. Go to solution #4 to check that drive..

I saw this, but I cant check the drive since it doesnt show what letter it is

[Rustys]

is there anyway that i can save the data tho?

Yes, there is.

another thing that you can attempt is use a live version of Linux,

[Riiie]

okay ill try that and see if it works, thank! would give an update if it works

[Rustys]

If that does not work, then the only thing to possibly do is send it to s shop that specializes in DATA recovery.

Looking at a cost form several $100 to thousands depending on what they have to do to retrieve the DATA.

The more you attempt to access the drive the more damage it may be causing.

[Bruce]

@Riiie - you logged in yesterday but didn’t update the thread - do you still need help?

[Riiie]

@Riiie - you logged in yesterday but didn’t update the thread - do you still need help?

Just tried this, sadly the app does not detect the hard drive.

another thing that you can attempt is use a live version of Linux,

Is this an internal or external drive?

And I have to be honest I got kinda lazy in trying to restore the files in it by trying the linux fix, + I don’t know how to.

I don’t think I’ll be trying to restore the files back, nothing important in it that’s not uploaded in the cloud anyways.
Thank you very much, you guys have been a great help.

[Rustys]

Not a problem.

Happy computing