One of my external USB hard drives died - What to do with it? - GoFuckYourself.com

jovigirl · 05-04-2005, 02:22 AM

It seems it totally died tonight
It's a Freecom 250 gigs
Any advice on how to extract all that 's stored inside?
Other than re downloading everything that's in it ...

SGS · 05-04-2005, 02:57 AM

Really depends how and why its died.

Best thing way to run external drives is to run two side by side and then when you have a problem or failure you still have one which is ok. Externals are now so very big and very cheap its the best way.

Vitasoy · 05-04-2005, 03:35 AM

Does the bios still detect it?

TeddyRacer1 · 05-04-2005, 03:41 AM

I would bring it to a comp shop and have them extract the data otherwise its what the previous guy said, it depends how it died.

DutchTeenCash · 05-04-2005, 03:44 AM

that sucks, our photographer had that last week wham 4 shoots gone... If its still detected id take it to a shop extract the data

jovigirl · 05-04-2005, 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeddyRacer1

I would bring it to a comp shop and have them extract the data otherwise its what the previous guy said, it depends how it died.

That's what I ll do
Don't know how it died.
I left it here uploading content from it via ftp.
When I checked back today it was just resting here like it was unplugged.
It had transferred half of the ftp queue and just plain died

I ll take it to the store later today and see what they can do ...

Dalai lama · 05-04-2005, 04:45 AM

how did it die?

Theo · 05-04-2005, 04:47 AM

ill better get a backup

Net41 · 05-04-2005, 04:48 AM

Imagine working at compusa, and one day some dude brings in his broken hard drive with 250 gigs of porn on it for you to extract

directfiesta · 05-04-2005, 04:51 AM

If the Bios still sees the drives, then it is more likely, it is more likely corrupted thann " fried ". Like it will say: " This drive is not formatted, Do you want to format it now" ....

If so, use Restorer2000 at http://www.restorer2000.com/

Works miracles ....

If not detected, then bring it to a specialist.

webcrawler · 05-04-2005, 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by directfiesta

If the Bios still sees the drives, then it is more likely, it is more likely corrupted thann " fried ". Like it will say: " This drive is not formatted, Do you want to format it now" ....

If so, use Restorer2000 at http://www.restorer2000.com/

Works miracles ....

If not detected, then bring it to a specialist.

I have here lots of large drives not working anymore, might give it a try.

camouflaged123 · 05-04-2005, 06:34 AM

Its always good to backup the important data so that we can recover it incase if there is any problems... at this time i would only suggest u to consult a specialist

05-04-2005, 02:22 AM	#1
jovigirl Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: On the edge Posts: 1,796	One of my external USB hard drives died - What to do with it? It seems it totally died tonight It's a Freecom 250 gigs Any advice on how to extract all that 's stored inside? Other than re downloading everything that's in it ... __________________ ICQ :333-548-380

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SGS Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mallorca - Nottingham Posts: 5,176	Really depends how and why its died. Best thing way to run external drives is to run two side by side and then when you have a problem or failure you still have one which is ok. Externals are now so very big and very cheap its the best way. __________________ See sig...

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