I have a Western Digital (WD) My Essential 250 GB external hard drive that crapped out on me. Can I transfer the disc to another case, or possibly even to an internal hard drive slot? I have about 3,000 songs and files that I'd kind of like to save. Any help out there? Thanks!
2007-05-14 18:13:05 · 5 answers · asked by Stinkeye 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
****I forgot to mention: It would be on (green circle would blink), but it would not be recognized by the computer. It would also click. Someone had said something about switching the case before, but I didn't know what kind of case.**** I have a Western Digital (WD) My Essential 250 GB external hard drive that crapped out on me. Can I transfer the disc to another case, or possibly even to an internal hard drive slot? I have about 3,000 songs and files that I'd kind of like to save. Any help out there? Thanks!
2007-05-15 03:37:12 · update #1
****I forgot to mention: It would be on (green circle would blink), but it would not be recognized by the computer. It would also click. Someone had said something about switching the case before, but I didn't know what kind of case.****
2007-05-15 03:37:45 · update #2
If it's just the electronics of the drive enclosure that are shot, then yes, you could attach it via IDE/SATA cable depending upon what your motherboard accepts. Or spend $50 for a generic external HD enclose and trasnfer the WD drive into that- but if it's the drive rather than the enclosure which has gone south, things may not be salvageable (without spending a ton- data recovery services generally charge in the thousands)
2007-05-14 19:41:16 · answer #1 · answered by C-Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's a laptop, then you can't transfer between internal drives as laptops only hold one internal drive. The best way is exactly what you've already done: "...a 320 gb external to use to hold the data..." Just keep the data on the external drive and copy what you need from that onto the laptop.
2016-05-18 04:45:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its very hard to salvage a hard drive. I guess it would depend on what broke. If the cord broke you might be able to do something. But if the hard drive itself is damaged example the spindles or something inside your basically out of luck. Its possible to salvage data but you will have to send your drive away and it also costs lots. Thats why its best to backup stuff. 3000 songs can be put on 1-5 discs.
2007-05-14 18:17:33 · answer #3 · answered by Jay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on what the problem is if the drive heads or electronics failed probably not
2007-05-14 18:18:17 · answer #4 · answered by Edward G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
open it up and check the connections, if its ATA100/133/SATA then u can connect to the cables on your motherboard.
2007-05-14 18:21:50 · answer #5 · answered by Chaz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋