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1329126	2013-02-20 08:28:00	Got a Seagate external 2.5" HDD, dropped it accidentally and it cannot be recognised by my computer anymore. I could hear quite loud hissing (or grinding) noise when it spins. Removed it from the enclosure, plugged it into a SATA port produces same symptoms. BIOS fails to detect this drive. Understand that warranty doesn't cover if it is dropped. What's the next thing can I do to recover my data, if possible? Put it in the freezer? :D	bk T (215)
1329127	2013-02-20 08:55:00	Ouch :( something like that could have damaged the heads in the drive. If that's happened then every time the drive is powered up it could be doing more damage to the Platters. Putting it in the freezer - Doubt that would do any good, in fact it may make it worse. A proper data recovery place may be the answer, but they are not cheap - Comes down to an important question - How important is the data ?	wainuitech (129)
1329128	2013-02-20 09:16:00	Didn't expect it to be so fragile - dropped it from a table to the carpeted floor. Sending it to a recovery company is beyond my reach - the data is not really that important, can still 'afford' to lose it; but cannot 'afford' to send it to a recovery company. lol Learnt my lesson. Just curious, how do these HDDs survive while delivering by the courier runners? I ever worked in a courier sorting centre and saw how those worker handle those parcels - really, rough.	bk T (215)
1329129	2013-02-20 10:17:00	Hard Drives if turned off have the heads "parked" ( locked) so nothing is moving. under normal operation the heads are actually not touching the platters, they fly over them, roughly 3 nanometres ( had to look that one up ) :D Been a while. Basic's of how a hard drive works (www.pctechguide.com)Older article but the basic's are the same in modern Drives. When a HDD is plugged in, even via USB its spinning all the time so any sort of drop is not good as it can take a few moments to spin down once power is removed. If you want to try an experiment - (Only do this on a old drive) fire up a 3.5" HDD, then while its running pull the power to the drive, quickly turn it over, you'll feel the torque of the drive as it spins down.	wainuitech (129)
1329130	2013-02-20 18:42:00	. Understand that warranty doesn't cover if it is dropped. What's the next thing can I do to recover my data, if possible? Put it in the freezer? :D Chances of getting the data - slim. You know you are supposed to COPY your stuff to these things - so that you always have the data on 2 separate drives. As for dropping it....well....did you? How do they know?	pctek (84)
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