Hi there,
A few days ago I was trying to delete some files off my hdd to try and make space. It was loading files in folders slowly, and I thought something was odd, so I just shut the computer off. the next day I started up my computer and my 500gb seagate HDD was not working properly. The majority of files on there are photos in a JPG, or NEF (raw) format. It shows up in my file explorer, but it doesn't have a bar showing its capacity or size. When I go into the drive properties-tools-check, it asks if I want to format it, and I haven't done that because from what I know that would just wipe everything on it. It has shown up as being RAW in Disk Management. I run windows off a separate SSD, but I can feel the entire computer running slower when I connect the HDD.
I am able to see the files on the drive with software such as RecoverIT, but I don't want to spend $80 for a one month subscription in order to get my files if I don't have to.
I've ran chksdk but that didn't seem to resolve anything. When booting, the computer would do a check, and say that it was fixing the dive. It would get to Stage 2 88% Total 65%, then freeze and bring me to the windows login screen. It doesn't reach 100%.
I've been doing some research, and I've been wondering if I can just so something like recover the partition? I still don't know which circumstances make that applicable though.
I have gathered some info with TestDisk by using the advanced tab, and GSmartControl (see photos below). I'm not sure if using the Repair BS option in TestDisk is a solution, or If another application like EaseUS Partition Recovery would work to repair or clone. I don't think there is physical damage to the drive, because when I listen to it I don't hear anything that sounds terrible. There is a quite noise coming from it that repeats every few seconds, but I cannot tell if it indicates damage or not.
TestDisk Advanced Tab (below)
GSmartControl attributes and Error Log
What i'm trying to know is whether or not this can be resolved without spending money. If I have to spend the money I will, but I don't want to do it unless I know its the only choice.
A few days ago I was trying to delete some files off my hdd to try and make space. It was loading files in folders slowly, and I thought something was odd, so I just shut the computer off. the next day I started up my computer and my 500gb seagate HDD was not working properly. The majority of files on there are photos in a JPG, or NEF (raw) format. It shows up in my file explorer, but it doesn't have a bar showing its capacity or size. When I go into the drive properties-tools-check, it asks if I want to format it, and I haven't done that because from what I know that would just wipe everything on it. It has shown up as being RAW in Disk Management. I run windows off a separate SSD, but I can feel the entire computer running slower when I connect the HDD.
I am able to see the files on the drive with software such as RecoverIT, but I don't want to spend $80 for a one month subscription in order to get my files if I don't have to.
I've ran chksdk but that didn't seem to resolve anything. When booting, the computer would do a check, and say that it was fixing the dive. It would get to Stage 2 88% Total 65%, then freeze and bring me to the windows login screen. It doesn't reach 100%.
I've been doing some research, and I've been wondering if I can just so something like recover the partition? I still don't know which circumstances make that applicable though.
I have gathered some info with TestDisk by using the advanced tab, and GSmartControl (see photos below). I'm not sure if using the Repair BS option in TestDisk is a solution, or If another application like EaseUS Partition Recovery would work to repair or clone. I don't think there is physical damage to the drive, because when I listen to it I don't hear anything that sounds terrible. There is a quite noise coming from it that repeats every few seconds, but I cannot tell if it indicates damage or not.
TestDisk Advanced Tab (below)
GSmartControl attributes and Error Log
What i'm trying to know is whether or not this can be resolved without spending money. If I have to spend the money I will, but I don't want to do it unless I know its the only choice.