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Hard Drive Media Enclosures

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  • 22-06-2008 4:07pm
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    ZOLTAN28
    Registered Users Posts: 515 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Looking for advice on these yokes.

    Got an aqua plus with a 400 gb hard drive installed but it no longer connects to the tv properly - the hard drive still functions when i connect it to a pc.

    Got a player/recorder on ebay with a 1 tb hard drive and the missus dropped it - in this case the media player seemd to be working but I am getting an error message that a partition cannot be found so I presume the drive is banjo'd.

    I have ordered another one that will not be touched by anyone but me but I am now stuck with the other two and want to salvage them if possible.

    I had a look inside both and there does not seem to anything loose or broken - has anyone any experience in repairing these things?

    Is it possible to check the hard drive to see if the data can be retrieved?

    Thanks


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    zod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭zod


    swop the hard disks into your PC and see if they are ok ..


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    ZOLTAN28
    Registered Users Posts: 515 ✭✭✭ZOLTAN28


    Could they fry my PC though?


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    zod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭zod


    ZOLTAN28 wrote: »
    Could they fry my PC though?

    what if you put a bad Hd in your PC .. it will fry it? if thats your question then no.

    Your obviously inexperienced so be carefull or get somebody who knows what they're doing


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    ZOLTAN28
    Registered Users Posts: 515 ✭✭✭ZOLTAN28


    I know how to swap hard drives or install new ones.

    I have a reasonable knowledge of PCs and upgrades but media enclosures are new to me - if anyone has experience with enclosure/media players I would be grateful of any advice.

    I know that one hard drive is working and one isn't - what I am looking for is a way of fixing the media enclosure on one device and wheter the hard drive on the second device can be retrieved.


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