That usually means the read heads in the hard drive are stuck from a drop or impact. It would require opening up the drive and using the proper procedure to undo a stuck reading head.
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Problem with this is that it would compromise the dust-free enclosure inside and any dust that gets in the hard drive will cause the hard drive to fail quickly. As it’s reading very slowly it’s most likely the reading heads are damaged and would require a read head swap.
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Problem with this is that it would compromise the dust-free enclosure inside and any dust that gets in the hard drive will cause the hard drive to fail quickly.
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As it’s reading very slowly it’s most likely the reading heads are damaged and would require a read head swap (getting a identical read head with the right pre-amp is extremely hard to do and requires getting it from a identical donor drive as even the same model can have multiple different pre-amps depending on the manufacturer year and month).
TL:DR - There isn’t any way to repair thats cheaper and quicker than buying another hard drive.
That usually means the read heads in the hard drive are stuck from a drop or impact. It would require opening up the drive and using the proper procedure to undo a stuck reading head.
Problem with this is that it would compromise the dust-free enclosure inside and any dust that gets in the hard drive will cause the hard drive to fail quickly. As it’s reading very slowly it’s most likely the reading heads are damaged and would require a read head swap.
TL:DR - There isn’t any way to repair thats cheaper and quicker than buying another hard drive.