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| Thread ID: 148311 | 2019-10-28 20:32:00 | Apollo II external hard drive freezing computer | pct (16854) | Press F1 |
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| 1464725 | 2019-10-28 20:32:00 | Hi, hoping someone can help. I have an Apollo II imation external hard drive that was working well last night until I went to use it again later on & made the normal sound as you plug it in, but freezes up on explorer. comes right as soon as I pull the hd out. tried it on another laptop and it's doing much the same. :confused: it is picking up there is a drive plugged in under devices and drives but not showing the gbs free of total etc... Hope there is some way of getting in to it as a lot of my files are on there! Thanks in advance.... |
pct (16854) | ||
| 1464726 | 2019-10-28 21:00:00 | Its a data recovery, so treat it as such. NO1 : stop playing with, make some decisions, get a plan of attack. **** dont plug it in unless you need to, and have a plan to extract data **** - remove from case , remove USB adaptor. Connect via sata & see if that helps - try a Linux based recovery CD , Linux is often alot less fussy than Win, and will read drives that win wont (sometimes) - have something setup to recover files onto . Try this software, make a bootable CD & boot off that www.paragon-software.com If the data is critical, take it to a data recovery specialist, Payam or Datalab . In some cases , the more you try & use it, the harder it can be to get data off. If the head is off, it can be slowly scratching up the platters If its making any sort of clicks or other strange sounds, dont attempt recovery yourself . Put you ear up to it and listen to the noises it makes |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1464727 | 2019-10-28 21:56:00 | Thanks for the reply... yeah not worried about the Hard drive so much as the data on it.. any easier ways of trying to get the data off it? Not sure where to start as far as connecting via sata etc.... |
pct (16854) | ||
| 1464728 | 2019-10-28 23:01:00 | Thanks for the reply... yeah not worried about the Hard drive so much as the data on it... Er....therefore you SHOULD be worried about it. Without the drive, there is no data. That's why backup means a COPY of all your stuff, not the one only in existence. Two places, 2 drives, never one. Do what he suggests before it's too late and no there isn't an "easy" way. |
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