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aldi 500gb external hard drive - major problem

  • 15-03-2008 06:45PM
    #1
    sillysod1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭


    can someone please help. i bought the 500 gb hard drive in aldi thursday. brought it home worked fine. planned on using it to back up my data so i can reinstall xp. went to use it on friday. connected it. worked fine. was recognised in my computer. sorted out my docs and programs etc for a few hours next thing a bubble popped up telling me the drive had malfunctioned. i hadnt even put anything on it yet. now the drive is no longer recognised by the computer. tried all the usual like reconnecting, changing cable (usb), disconnected power cable from pc overnight and nothing. still cant get it going.

    has this happened to anyone else.

    is there a cure for this.

    please help cause i really need to reinstall OS as my computer has been really slow over the past few months.

    thanks
    al


Comments

  • #2
    blackgold>>
    Closed Accounts Posts: 852 ✭✭✭blackgold>>


    is there a cure for this.
    Get aldi to replace it ,


  • #3
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,310 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Get Aldi to replace the HDD.
    sillysod1234 wrote: »
    please help cause i really need to reinstall OS as my computer has been really slow over the past few months.
    Get Adaware, install it, update it, and run it. 8 or of 10 times, it will speed up your PC.


  • #4
    sillysod1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭sillysod1234


    blackgold>> wrote: »
    Get aldi to replace it ,

    ya, its prob the best bet, cheers. just wish it could be easily solved thats all


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