asked on Restoring Hard Drive
I removed a 1TB Hard Drive from old laptop that I want to use as and external storage device because I hear that Flash Drive wear out faster that a Hard Drive. This Hard Drive isn't working and I thought that I could reformat it to get it to work. According to the label the Hard Drive is a Toshiba MQ01ABD100 and it says that it is from 2013. What do you think? Is it worth it of too dangerous to worry about?
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nobus
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I hear that Flash Drive wear out faster that a Hard Drive
That was mainly true in the earlier days.
An 8 year old drive that's exhibiting issues should be replaced. It's only going to get worse.
to start - it is a 5400 RPM drive - so very slow
how did you diagnose it is not working? - did you connect it to a sata cable on a pc, or over usb ?
does the drive spin up? is it seen in the bios?
that is the info we need to tell you what to do
how did you diagnose it is not working? - did you connect it to a sata cable on a pc, or over usb ?
does the drive spin up? is it seen in the bios?
that is the info we need to tell you what to do
being some 8 years old it is out of warranty and not worth keeping if you are starting to have issues with it
i would replace it