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Is My External Hard Drive Dead

  • 27-04-2011 9:02am
    #1
    mick087
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭


    I have a iomega 1tb external desk top hard dive that you plug into a plug and then usb to pc. All was fine until yesterday, the Hard drive would not show up on my pc or laptop. When i switch it on the light keeps flashing don’t stay on all the time just flashing. I did move the hard drive in a bag and taker it on the bus with me and this when the problem started.


    Is my hard drive dead, is this game over.


    I took the hard drive out its silver covering and did conected the hard drive to the rest of it, and when i plugged it in the light would stay on, when i connected the hard drive back then the light would just flash again.


    Anyone any ideas on this?


    Anyway of getting the info of the hard drive and put on another hard drive? Ive lots of music edited stored on this and it would take so long to do it all again.



    Maybe i was wrong at the time to buy a cheap hard drive and put so much on, but you live and learn.


    Any help suggestions be great please.


Comments

  • #2
    Ironbar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 161 ✭✭Ironbar


    You might be able to access the drive with Linux and save all your files.

    Use something like Parted Magic Boot CD.


  • #3
    Allyall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    Have you tried connecting it to any different PC's?

    You could also try a live disk and try and access it from there. E.G. Ubuntu, or Linux Mint and see if you can access it from there.
    Failing that, it may not be the hard drive, but the actual enclosure, so you could try adding it to a PC that has an extra hard drive bay, or buy a dock, FROM EBAY or from PEATS etc.. and try it there.


  • #4
    mick087
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭mick087


    Im hoping its just a power faliure.
    Looking into turning it into taking the outa case off and somehow connecting it to my pc with out the aid of the extra power source just the power of the pc.
    Like the idea of that hard drive dock, its something that would always be handy to have.


  • #5
    mick087
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭mick087


    Problem solved

    It was the power in the External Hard Drive case that was the problem.
    I got a Hard Drive dock as ive wanted one for sometime and placed it in and theres all me information.
    Next step to buy a new case and then back it all up on another hard drive.

    Thanks to all who helped.


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