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Problem with 320Gb Toshiba external HDD

  • 23-07-2007 9:00pm
    #1
    Mizu_Ger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭


    I bought a Toshiba 320Gb external HDD from PCWorld a year or two ago (can't remember exactly, its the same as this one: Amazon UK. Its never had a problem until yesterday. I tried to use it and all I get is the blue LED blinking about once a second and nothing else. The drive doesn't spin up and my PC doesn't recognise it. I cant find any support information about the drive, so don' know what the problem is. I have a lot of music and photos etc on it (its my backup drive) so want to figure what's wrong. Any ideas? Is it dead?


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  • #2
    awhir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,227 ✭✭✭awhir


    ahh my brother has the same hard drive and the same probelm.

    me and my brother conclueded that it was dead im sorry to say.


  • #3
    Mizu_Ger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Mizu_Ger


    I tried it again last night and it worked! Still doesn't look good though!


  • #4
    SquirrelOnCrack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭SquirrelOnCrack


    Hi,

    Ive had the same problem with my HDD, different model though. I work in IT and I tried EVERYTHING to fix it. I gave up after a while. I tried it on different PCs, I tried different cables nothing worked all they guys in work were puzzled too so it wasnt only me confused. It seemed to be dead. I left it and forgot about it. A month later I plugged it in and it worked! That was over 6 months ago. I dont have much confidence in external HDDs since then.


  • #5
    Mizu_Ger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Mizu_Ger


    If it goes dead again int he future I will take it apart and connect directly through the SATA cables on my PC and see if that helps (if so I'd just need a new enclosure). I assume that its just a regular HDD inside.


  • #6
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    I'd a similar problem with a different make of hard drive and that worked(well it was IDE) but from the googling I did at the time it's just as likely to be the actual dive as opposed to the controller. I presume I don't need to say back everything up asap!


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  • #7
    hamster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭hamster


    I only just got a 500Gb FreeAgent Seagate USB2 drive so I hope it does better than most. Best bet is to backup anything that goes onto those external drives. But you can beat a library of music, video and mags (hell even Mame) while leaving your own pc's drive alone. Defragging is a normal operation once again.


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