Storage Solutions Seagate 2Tb - S.M.A.R.T says HDD condition bad. Backup and replace

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Seagate 2Tb - S.M.A.R.T says HDD condition bad. Backup and replace.

But the PC doesn't boot in to Windows with this drive.
It's detected in the Bios, but not in Windows.
I have connected a new 2Tb, and once I boot from it, the bad HDD doesn't show up in Windows.

Want to recover my data. Possible Options ?
Thank you for all the help!
 
Tried on another pc too. Again, same thing, shows up in Bios and while booting, but not in Windows.
The hard disk does get warm though, and there's a spinning sound.
 
Use test disk. Install it to a bootable pendrive and use it in DOS mode to recover files. Another way is to run live Linux CD from DVD drive and try to copy paste the bad drives contents to another good drive in small batches. Copy a few mb at a time. And start with most important files first.
 
Crazy_Eddy said:
Open windows Disk Management. See if your drive is showing up in the list.
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It doesn't show up in Disk management.[DOUBLEPOST=1376663957][/DOUBLEPOST]
6pack said:
Use test disk. Install it to a bootable pendrive and use it in DOS mode to recover files. Another way is to run live Linux CD from DVD drive and try to copy paste the bad drives contents to another good drive in small batches. Copy a few mb at a time. And start with most important files first.
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Already tried Live CD. It showed the drive. But I wasn't able to read any partition info.
 
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