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External Hard Drive Broken/Can it be saved??

  • 29-03-2012 3:52pm
    #1
    AustinByrnes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭


    hello,


    Looking for some advice please. my 320gb iomega external drive fell from kitchen table to the ground. i managed to get all data off it and im just wondering can the hard drive be saved to be used again or will i be putting it in the bin, the hard drive reads when its pluggged in to the drive but will not format for me. there is a slight, not very loud clicking sound coming from the drive. is there any programs i can use to test/reformat drive because the windows tools are not working.

    please see pics attached/ any advice would be appreicated.


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  • #2
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    AustinByrnes wrote: »
    hello,


    Looking for some advice please. my 320gb iomega external drive fell from kitchen table to the ground. i managed to get all data off it and im just wondering can the hard drive be saved to be used again or will i be putting it in the bin, the hard drive reads when its pluggged in to the drive but will not format for me. there is a slight, not very loud clicking sound coming from the drive. is there any programs i can use to test/reformat drive because the windows tools are not working.

    please see pics attached/ any advice would be appreicated.
    Bin it, no point in using a broken drive, its likely the drive head clashed with the platter when it fell, and some parts of the drive are permanently damaged. The good news is hard drives have come down in price since the thailand flood fiasco 2 months back :)

    Nick

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  • #3
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    AustinByrnes wrote: »
    is there any programs i can use to test... drive

    You can run HDTune over it, but it will only confirm what Bones Yoyo said:

    K2COz.jpg


  • #4
    U_Fig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭U_Fig


    yoyo wrote: »
    Bin it, no point in using a broken drive, its likely the drive head clashed with the platter when it fell, and some parts of the drive are permanently damaged. The good news is hard drives have come down in price since the thailand flood fiasco 2 months back :)

    Nick

    if ti's external they enclosure will prob still work just replace the HDD insdie.. it'll prob be cheaper


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