Hey guys i am having a problem right now.
I was using my laptop and suddenly out of nowhere i get a BSOD. i thought ok, we can deal with it, coz they do happen sometimes, BSODs i mean. but next time i boot into my computer, it just doesnt get past the Windows logo. so i tried formatting it, and to my surprise, Windows setup doesnt detect my HDD anymore. My BIOS does, but with the Windows setup, i have no luck whatsoever.
So i took the Linux way, and there too, i just couldnt format my drive using anything.It would randomly be visible and not be visible.
Somehow i reached the stage where it was formatting,and almost an hour passed with nothing on the progress bar. so i stopped the format, and reebooted. Et Voila. It wont even get detected in BIOS now. i just dont know what eff'd up the HDD even more. The formatting? or has the motherboard of the drive gone bad?the HDD wasnt even an year old. Are there any tools around to check the S.M.A.R.T data of the drive? it just doesnt get detected. even on USB it doesnt get detected. i mean i tested this Toshiba HDD putting it in a USB enclosure, and it did not get detected again. What has gone wrong here? can messed up formatting render an HDD un-detectable? what exactly can i do here? to get the HDD working again or recover some data?
Regards
