Ok so i managed to dropped my external hard drive and it hit the floor pretty hard, and now everytime i plug it into my laptop the external hard drive makes this rattling sound and i cant even access whats on the drive because it doesnt even give me the option. I connect the drive to my laptop via a usb cable which was provided with the drive.
So i guess my question is, does this mean the drive is completely broken? Is there anyway round this to fix it? Because i have quite alot of media/work on there, is there anyway to save/fix it if i was to bring it to a technician?
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External Hard Drive Broken? :(
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Posted 12 March 2008 - 02:23 PM
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Posted 12 March 2008 - 07:13 PM
If you dropped it and it rattles now... your data is gone. I don't think even taking it to specialty recovery places will be able to pull good data off of it anymore.
Er does the drive have a fan? If it doesn't then its the drive and that means the data is destroyed. Otherwise you can hope it was knocked loose internally and something is rattling the fan.
Er does the drive have a fan? If it doesn't then its the drive and that means the data is destroyed. Otherwise you can hope it was knocked loose internally and something is rattling the fan.
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Posted 12 March 2008 - 07:39 PM
I've done this more than once! With the external drives (especially the ones that do not use laptop hard drives), any strong hit will be its death.
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Posted 12 March 2008 - 07:44 PM
the sound of death...
my friends kinda fell over on the floor, and it started rattling.. and yeah it was gone ;[
might wanna take it into a technician to just double check..but gl ><
my friends kinda fell over on the floor, and it started rattling.. and yeah it was gone ;[
might wanna take it into a technician to just double check..but gl ><
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Posted 12 March 2008 - 07:48 PM
well first does your computer recognize it? once my hd just wouldnt load, the computer would say that's it's there, but wouldnt open it up to show me the files or folders....so i used getdataback, some program i dl'ed and recovered most of my files..........
as for you, i'd say unscrew the external and try putting the hard drive in another enclosure......one time i thought my external broke cause it would barely turn on.....so i unscrewed it, put the actual HD into an enclosure and it worked fine.
as for you, i'd say unscrew the external and try putting the hard drive in another enclosure......one time i thought my external broke cause it would barely turn on.....so i unscrewed it, put the actual HD into an enclosure and it worked fine.
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Posted 13 March 2008 - 01:44 PM
Do not, repeat DO NOT plug in that hard drive. Don't plug in the power, don't plug it in to your computer.
Doing so will undoubtedly destroy More data.
Usually hard drive recovery centers can get something off the hard drive, even if it's just a few pictures or whatnot. However, it can cost a lot of money as well. Depends on how valuable your data is to you. Otherwise, the hard drive is completely dead and unrecoverable.
That grinding noise you hear is the read-head (arm) grinding away on your hard drive platters-creating scratches and gouges.
http://www.pbcomp.com.au/images/hard-drive-inside.jpg
Doing so will undoubtedly destroy More data.
Usually hard drive recovery centers can get something off the hard drive, even if it's just a few pictures or whatnot. However, it can cost a lot of money as well. Depends on how valuable your data is to you. Otherwise, the hard drive is completely dead and unrecoverable.
That grinding noise you hear is the read-head (arm) grinding away on your hard drive platters-creating scratches and gouges.
http://www.pbcomp.com.au/images/hard-drive-inside.jpg
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