ok so suddenly my storage drive failed.
it spins, no weird noises, but does not show up in windows, or reluctantly does.
BIOS shows the drive.
when it does show up in explorer, i cannot access it or pull up any menus like format/properties etc.
tried an external enclosure and it does the same. recovery software like Recova and Restorer 2000 or Seatools does nothing. they cannot even run, when trying to detect the drive, they hang.
It still under warranty and i have 90% backups but there's still some family photos i have not backed up in the last 2 months.
I'm trying the freezer trick as a last resort.
no, its not worth $500/hr to recover the data. if i could at least format the drive so windows can see it, recovery software might be able to help.
any ideas?>
