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Dropped External Hard Drive not working now

  • 09-01-2010 8:47am
    #1
    blahblah06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭


    Ok have a western digita external and i dropped it when i plug it into the comp it beeps but wont show up on the my computer part but it does show up on the properites as a mass usb storage.

    Im not sure wether its me or if there is a strange low noise but not positive. is there any way this memory can be saved or the details on it at least


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  • #2
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,301 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    It sounds like its fecked unfortunately. I think it costs about €400 to retrieve info from a dead drive and at that you might not get everything back.

    The same thing happen to me. The thing fell about two foot onto carpet. After that it would power up but wouldn't appear as a drive and made a repeating low droning noise.


  • #3
    blahblah06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    Ah fuke it anyway. Stupid considering these tings are bought as to keep the info from ur comp breaking down. so just bin it?


  • #4
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,301 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    I know and they're so cheap now too. I've two 500 gigs, one is storage the other one to back it up every couple of months.

    I lost my first hard drive 9 years ago. I had music I created on it thats gone forever. I still regret it. If you've really important stuff on it like photographs, it may be worth spending the money to get it recovered.


  • #5
    Erbium
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭Erbium


    The data you had is still on it. Probably should try and fix it before dumping it.
    Anyway if you plan on upgrading, I suggest SSD & RAID implementation. Gl


  • #6
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    think of a portable hard drive like a brief case, a way to move files from a to b.

    Too many times have i been called to people that thought of them as a safe.

    Op pull the thing apart and you will find a normal pc hard drive inside it, try plugging this directly into your pc. Best of luck.


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  • #7
    blahblah06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,306 ✭✭✭blahblah06


    only have a laptop mate i dont think it wil work because of the noise ive tried it in a different laptop and same problem. very strange considering its showing as a mass usb storage device.

    between my dishwasher going 2 days ago then this yesterday then washer dryer 5 mins ago my head is wrecked


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