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Is my external Hd goosed?

  • 20-07-2010 8:10pm
    #1
    PerrinV2
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Basically I hooked up to my laptop,left for a while,came back forgot it was hooked up,picked up the laptop and the hardrive took a fair wallop off the ground

    Now it won't recognise on the laptop,took it apart and connected into a desktop pc.It recognises a sata hardrive plugged in but just says it 0.00mb
    I guessing its goosed..........


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  • #2
    k123456
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭k123456


    Longshot but Try running chkdsk scandisk on it


  • #3
    PerrinV2
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭PerrinV2


    k123456 wrote: »
    Longshot but Try running chkdsk scandisk on it

    No it only recognises it in the bios so can't do that


  • #4
    podgeandrodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,914 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    Your problem happened to a mate of mine recently - dead external drive after a fall, removed it from casing and tried connecting it directly - no joy - ended up going to data retrieval place in Dublin - and cost something like €400 to retrieve the data :eek:


  • #5
    PerrinV2
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭PerrinV2


    400 euro :eek:


  • #6
    Noxin
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    podgeandrodge wrote: »
    Your problem happened to a mate of mine recently - dead external drive after a fall, removed it from casing and tried connecting it directly - no joy - ended up going to data retrieval place in Dublin - and cost something like €400 to retrieve the data :eek:

    haha, robbed :D


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  • #7
    podgeandrodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,914 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    PerrinV2 wrote: »
    400 euro :eek:

    Yep, priced amongst a rake of "data retrieval" places.
    Noxin wrote: »
    haha, robbed :D


    Don't doubt it - but bear in mind the drive inside the box was taken out and attached to a couple of pc's and wasn't spinning up or showing up in the bios. Dead. Completely. So it was taken to a place where they dismantle the drive itself - and get the data somehow - way over my head anyway!

    The guy had no choice as it contained family photos stored over about 5 years - and he never backed them up!

    (Noxin - how would you have gone about getting the data back out of interest if it wasn't spinning or anything? thanks)


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