If the "main" machine you are using (with which you wish to use this "bad" drive) is a desktop machine, I concur with townsbg;
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if possible, take it out of the enclosure & put it in another computer.
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ie; Your desktop, as an
internal drive for troubleshooting purposes. If need be, disconnect an optical drive and put the hard disk in it's place. Adhere to the existing drive jumper settings from the optical drive and use the same on the hard disk.
NOTE: Avoid touching the logic board on the bottom of the hard disk.
Setup Single, Master and Slave Drives in Bios and hard drive Jumper setting
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