Failing HDD causes boot hangs and became unreadable. how to fix this problem?
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I have a problematic HDD (/dev/sdb)
1. Causes complete system during boot and freeze (on windows) drive listing
2. Appear in *lsblk* but shown as unreadable
3. Fail all standard repair attempts *fsck*, *wipefs*
Symptoms:
1. System boots normally only when HDD unplugged
2. dmesg shows buffer I/O errors
3. SMART test failed or timeout
```
sudo wipefs -a /dev/sdb -> No such device
sudo badblocks -sv /dev/sdb -> I/O errors
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M -> Hangs system
What I need to know:
- Last-resort methods to force-wipe the disk.
- Is there any chance to revive this HDD?
- Can you confirm if this is a hardware failure?
- Is this definitely a hardware issue?
3. Fail all standard repair attempts *fsck*, *wipefs*
Symptoms:
1. System boots normally only when HDD unplugged
2. dmesg shows buffer I/O errors
3. SMART test failed or timeout
```
sudo wipefs -a /dev/sdb -> No such device
sudo badblocks -sv /dev/sdb -> I/O errors
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M -> Hangs system
What I need to know:
- Last-resort methods to force-wipe the disk.
- Is there any chance to revive this HDD?
- Can you confirm if this is a hardware failure?
- Is this definitely a hardware issue?
Asked by just.callme.client
(51 rep)
Apr 5, 2025, 02:07 PM
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