On 04/05/14 14:41, Eddie O'Connor wrote:
> Ok so I have a 500GB WD "Blue Scorpion" HDD that I'm trying to access via
> USB, when I boot up my CentOS laptop the lights on the external USB casing
> light up...and I can hear the drive making noise, but after a few minutes I
> hear an abrupt "click" and the drive doesn't do anything. I can SEE it in
> the Disk Utility in CentOS,...I even tried to format it from there as well
> and the symptoms are still the same. The lights come on...it looks like its
> about to do something...and then the loud click and nothing happens. Can
> anyone volunteer some advice as to where I would look for troubleshooting
> this issue? I really am not interested in what's on it. I just want to
> re-format it and (possibly) use it for storage. I have tried using various
> toosl to try and wipe this drive but nothing seems to work...(SystemRescue
> CD....D.B.A.N.......PartImage....Hiram's BootCD....) Any help or advice
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks In Advance
>
>
> EGO II
I hear that this works pretty well on any drive that is not physically dead.
https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
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