I have(or had) an external HDD - Samsung - 100 GB, that is basically notebook HDD + external casing.
Yesterday it accidentally fell.
Now my laptop no longer detects it.
Is there anyway to recover the data? Any professional service that can do that?
2007-06-14 02:59:45 · 4 answers · asked by Kris Kringle 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Yes, there are professional services that can do that, but they are very expensive.
If you were really lucky, it may just be a loose connection. Open the enclosure and make sure everything is connected properly and retry.
TIP: Never use an external hard drive as your only Back Up medium. Use CD / DVDs as well. Hard drives crash, you just don't know when.
2007-06-14 03:11:58 · answer #1 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first thing is if you find out if the drive itself is working properly and just the housing/casing is not..
if you go to a decent pc shop with the drive they should have a 2.5 to 3.5" drive convertor cable, which will make the drive usb..
if the drive is fine, just buy a new housing. they must be.hmm £10-30 .. not sure.
if the drive itself is playing up now, you need to perhaps use data recovery software, like ontrack etc. hopefully its the housing thats busted, its the lesser of 2 evils.
2007-06-14 03:11:55 · answer #2 · answered by junglejungle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would start by buying a replacement case and see if that is your problem.
2007-06-14 03:06:45 · answer #3 · answered by acklan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you do not want software to format it, uninstall the equipment and reboot. good click on computing gadget/click on take care of/ watch for the menu to look/ click on disk administration watch for disks to load/ and also you disk to ensue/ format it and your executed. reliable success
2016-11-23 20:37:49 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋