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| Thread ID: 110479 | 2010-06-18 10:53:00 | External HDD problems | GreacherTech (15784) | Press F1 |
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| 1111412 | 2010-06-21 01:48:00 | Have you tried powering off your PC. Plug the drive in and powerup and reboot? I had one that refused to operate until I did that. Will try this when I get home, am at course at the moment. Whats the hdd? SATA or IDE?? If its SATA 2 and the gf's PC has only got SATA 1, switch the switch / jumper on the hdd to SATA 1 / 150, then it'll work Haven't checked as it's just connected through USB, but will check the BIOS when I get home also, another thing to note, gf's computer is a laptop :( |
GreacherTech (15784) | ||
| 1111413 | 2010-06-21 01:54:00 | could be- going faulty -partition lost ?? - may be you need to assign a differnt drive letter to it (Ie not D:) - may have some drive encryption or drive compression - could try veiwing it in Linux:tends to be less fussy than Win (but if you could use Lin, I guess you wouldnt be asking here :punk ) If its not yours, honestly I would give it back rather than possibly mess it up for the person who owns it |
sroby (11519) | ||
| 1111414 | 2010-06-21 01:56:00 | My mate has had problems with it before and he said it just started working again, but when I took it home it was stuffed again, not sure if the error im getting is the same one he was | GreacherTech (15784) | ||
| 1111415 | 2010-06-21 02:18:00 | My mate has had problems with it before ahh. the vital extra info. treat it like a data recovery then :devil Im sure its allreay been suggested but.. remove the drive from the case, you may have to break it open :badpc: connect directly to PC as 2nd drive run some data recovery software across it (sorry dont know any good free ones) listen for clunking noises (bad noises) put it in the freezer for a few hours= try this LAST Try and access it with a Linux Live CD. Sometimes works when Win decides not to recognise a damaged partion/hd. |
sroby (11519) | ||
| 1111416 | 2010-06-21 02:33:00 | Just re read. It's likely your CD/DVD drive is already D: drive unless you gave it a different drive letter. And you say that the USB drive shows up as D: |
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