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| 1114329 | 2010-06-29 09:23:00 | Is it possible just the enclosure is munted? Yep, good call. You should remove the drive from the enclosure and connect it directly to your computer. If you're lucky only the enclosures electronics are fried. And keep your fingers crossed, coz the remaining options are expensive. Your data is very likely intact, or at least 99% intact. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1114330 | 2010-06-29 22:04:00 | Yep, remove the drive from the external case & try connecting it to an internal cable first. If it's still dead, I'd suggest eBay to get a replacement board. I got an exact same board for my old Maxtor drive off ebay & managed to get all the data off it. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 1114331 | 2010-06-29 22:14:00 | I have mine on 3 drives, one that lives not in the house as well just for extra paranoia...... That's not paranoia, that's a very sensible backup strategy |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1114332 | 2010-06-29 22:20:00 | Gutted man!! I will admit I've done this once too - it was in a new PC build and I was in a hurry, whacking in cables left right and centre, plugged a molex cable backwards into a molex - sata adapter. Lovely white smoke came out of the hard drive. I was lucky - it was a brand new drive and I had an identical one on hand - switched the logic boards and all was well - seagate still RMAd it even after I told them what I'd done! :p Your first port of call is definitely removing the drive from the enclosure, but I don't expect that's going to sort it. Short of forensics the only other option is find an identical logic board, which for a drive like that would be hard but as has been suggested ebay is your best bet.. :( |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1114333 | 2010-06-29 22:25:00 | I think I have 2 of those drives in an old PC my wife is urging me to get rid of... | MushHead (10626) | ||
| 1114334 | 2010-06-30 00:01:00 | Maybe. Try Trademe.. ALWAYS, ALWAYS COPY your stuff to a portable drive - not MOVE it. That way you have it in 2 locations if something does happen. I have mine on 3 drives, one that lives not in the house as well just for extra paranoia...... I keep telling people to keep a backup out of the building where the PC is but they never listen. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1114335 | 2010-06-30 00:25:00 | i didn't back up for 2 weeks when i got the windows issue black screen of death. couldn't read the data cos I didn't have another PC, thou I could of got a external enclosure / dock for the P3 lappie :rolleyes: ... i had my files but my outlook email wasn't exported for 2 weeks :( now i have 2 drives internally. data on the 2nd. 1st has 2 partitions - the 2nd partition just for a synched copy. i also have a external drive :lol: . i don't use DVDs - too messy - too many discs and version control .... windows 7 takes 15min to image my system drive so it's really no excuse. a daily sync of the hdd takes 3mins. don't need raid 1 nor raid 0 but i just need a additonal hdds eh .... you don't wanna have a PC that just does not turn on the next morning and ditto to your files :eek: hey, it can happen. a $100 drive is better than forensics. |
Nomad (952) | ||
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