On 09/30/2020 05:40 AM, John Pierce wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 8:33 AM H <agents@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I have an old external harddisk, Toshiba 320 Gb, with a USB connector that
>> I wanted to check for contents. It did not start up when connected and I
>> could not hear the motor spinning. After leaving it in the freezer
>> overnight the motor spins but it is not recognized by my computer. I
>> disassembled it and could see that the head assembly rests outside the disk
>> but when it is powered on, the head first moves to the center of the disk,
>> then to the periphery and finally back to the resting position. This
>> happens every few seconds and leaving it connected overnight changed
>> nothing.
>>
> That repeated seeking suggests it's not passing its self test, and is
> constantly retrying. It's probably searching for servo data on the disks,
> and not finding it.
>
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I see. I have not searched for any low-level disk utility from Toshiba, the manufacturer of the disk. Do you think that might be worthwhile to hopefully fix this?
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