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| Thread ID: 134857 | 2013-08-24 00:11:00 | Cant see Ex hard drive.... | beetle (243) | Press F1 |
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| 1351886 | 2013-08-24 01:56:00 | Ok found it, my comp, right click,manage, in device manager, disk drives, but its erratic, i think the cable connection is a bit wonky. am going out for a short while, but will come back and have another check in for instructions please...of how to get it to show up in my computer and useable. thanks guys :) learnt something today already :) |
beetle (243) | ||
| 1351887 | 2013-08-24 02:32:00 | So how do i get it to show up in my computer normal, not right click manage etc ? if its seeing it down the right click travels why cant it show me in my computers? blind talking here lol |
beetle (243) | ||
| 1351888 | 2013-08-24 04:11:00 | its erratic, i think the cable connection is a bit wonky. Sounds like its a connection problem, chance its the drive case, either the circuit board or cable. Its connecting enough to say "hey I'm here" but not enough to read fully. As I mentioned before, doubt its drivers as if it were whats the chance of two computers giving the exact same problem on 1 external drive ? | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1351889 | 2013-08-24 04:46:00 | so only option is to take the case off ? | beetle (243) | ||
| 1351890 | 2013-08-24 06:50:00 | Taking the drive out of the case and putting it into another would test if it were the case or not. Of course that depends if its one of the previous mentioned drives that have the circuit board connected directly to the HDD or if its got SATA connections. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1351891 | 2013-08-24 07:24:00 | oh......well i dont have another ex hd case......... | beetle (243) | ||
| 1351892 | 2013-08-24 23:20:00 | Chances are it's stuffed. Can you hear it spinning? External drives can be very sensitive to careless handling, especially moving/shaking it while running (laptops can suffer from this too), even dropping it from on its side onto its base can kill it. But it may be a connection problem as WT said, try taking it to a computer servicing outfit to see if they can help (if you really must recover the data). |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1351893 | 2013-08-24 23:43:00 | yes it is spinning, it sounds like a hum and slight vibration on the desk................ and yes its pretty vital as its my only back up i now have that has all my photos of my childrens childhoods on it, and my music........... any thing else and i dont care about it. Its a Western digital no idea how old............ its a 1TB is that correct ? i have tried other cables, and other computers........ :( im not the best with electrical items i kill more things than i care to mention that are electrical.......:( so im really wanting something to work...... |
beetle (243) | ||
| 1351894 | 2013-08-24 23:57:00 | age could be 1 year to 18months, i got given it, and they think it is a PATA........ does that make it any different? and i dont know or trust any one local in the IT industry that why i went elsewhere for my new pc......:) so yeah im kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place........ |
beetle (243) | ||
| 1351895 | 2013-08-25 00:03:00 | PATA = IDE = Wont connect to your New PC's motherboard as it doesn't have any IDE slots. Send it down if you want, I'll try stuffing it ( oops I mean recovering it :p) - you can contact me Via my email if you want. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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