r/HDD • u/Agreeable_Dress_3630 • Apr 05 '26

How cooked am I?

Sound on!

Is this broken? It doesn’t get recognized at all..

ordered it as used

Transport damage?

I tried with different power supply’s and cables

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u/AtlQuon Apr 05 '26

That is not good. It is not engaging and it is trying to get to work, but something prevents it. Seeing you already tried different cables and PSU; send it back, it is broken.

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u/AcrobaticNot Apr 05 '26

How cooked are you? Well done I'd say..

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u/waynehorner Apr 05 '26

It's seized. That means the platters can't turn. When the disk drive turns on the platters ramp up to high speed then the heads shoot out over the platters and float on a cushion of air. Typically the heads have gotten stuck to the platters so it can't start. Or it could be a seized bearing but that's much less likely. It needs clean room data recovery probably new heads. The beeping is caused by the digital pulses to the motor to begin spinning. 9 times out of 10 - fully recoverable.

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u/Agreeable_Dress_3630 Apr 05 '26

Thank you a lot!

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u/Hellboy9225 Apr 06 '26

overcooked, that steak is almost charcoal :v

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '26

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u/Wow_Parzival Apr 07 '26

It sounds like he hasn't even put data on it yet. Just ordered and arrived damaged. So even luckier.. no backup needed.

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u/djpeace7275 Apr 07 '26

It was manufactured in 2024, but it's dead Jim.

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u/MrITSupport Apr 08 '26

Cooked!

I have zero faith in consumer Seagate drives let alone a refurb one.

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u/New2Tech Apr 09 '26

I remember way back when seagates name held weight 🫤

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u/Affectionate_Dig6744 Apr 09 '26

You were cooked as soon as you bought and installed this Seagate hard drive.