My daughter's hard drive crashed, is there anyway to fix it?

Question

We've tried looking it up, no luck.

It makes this annoying beeping noise when you start it up, then it stops....

Answer 1

Contact the manufacturer; they will provide cheaper support (unless you have a warranty, which covers it) than local technicians. Ask them about their hard drive recovery plan and how much it costs. They will provide you with the nearest place to take it to or mail it to for it to be recovered, commonly Atlanta for south-easterners. It will take them about 2-8 hours to recover a standard home hard drive and is well worth the money if you have to pay.

Good luck and hope I helped...


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take drive out and put it in the freezer for an hour or so... then put it back in the machine and fire it up... it wont completely fix the problem but it will usually give you enough time to back up important stuff.
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Input: VERY bad idea! Ice can damage the rotary pins wich allow it to spin and the data to be accessed.
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The beeping is the computer's way of letting you know something's wrong. Make sure the cable is tightly connected, the pins on the connector aren't broken, and the cable is in overall good health. Also make sure the external sticker on the hard drive is intact. Usually, it holds off air from holes and if it' busts, it may not turn on. If it's broken/busted, get a small sticker to place over the hole to stop the air flow.

Also, the beeping may also be a problem with the BIOS. Check with your manufacturer about known issues and if you can get it replaced also. Many computer technicians will test a motherboard if it works for $20... So, save time and money by testing it first...

Also, it's a child's hard drive. How much important data can be on there? Get you a new computer and make sure it has atleast a 2.5 GHz processor and only get a Intel Pentium processor. Celeron sucks and AMD.. not even opening gthe chapter of the long, crappy book...

Again, good luck... Click the link in my sources for a way to directly contact me via my message board if you need any more help... :)

Answer 2

If it's not whirring up or if it's clicking, time to pound it or get a new hard drive. Some data recovery services will put it back into working condition (but it costs a ton). If it's external, try taking the hard drive out and hooking it up to your computer using it's internal hard drive connectors or a different enclosure. If it's internal, make shure you have good ATA (or SATA) and power cables. If none of this helps, send it in to a professional to recover the data or you might have to say good-bye to your hard drive :'(. Of course, pounding the hard drive sometimes works, but too much of it will break it even further.

Answer 3

take drive out and put it in the freezer for an hour or so... then put it back in the machine and fire it up... it wont completely fix the problem but it will usually give you enough time to back up important stuff.