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General => Random Chat => Topic started by: 4ndy on June 07, 2015, 05:19:19 pm

Title: external HD wont work
Post by: 4ndy on June 07, 2015, 05:19:19 pm

Not a tech wiz so be gentle but my hard drive with 200gb+ of music decided not to spring into life  Its a western digital book version. Neon light flashes which its never done before Not recognised by laptop little help please :drinking:
 

Title: Re: external HD wont work
Post by: Paradox1 on June 08, 2015, 02:49:25 pm

What operating system are you using?

May be worth re-installing the hard drive driver

Title: Re: external HD wont work
Post by: lukemk5gti on June 08, 2015, 03:11:17 pm

Plug it into another computer that has never been connected to it.

Might be a chance of salvage.

Back all of it up then on two drives going forward.

I learned the hard way and now I have 2 1TB drives which I duplicate every few months.

Title: Re: external HD wont work
Post by: vsgti on July 01, 2015, 11:03:20 am

If all else fails - get a usb HDD dock  for about £20ish. Open the WD casing and take out the HDD. Use the USB dock to read the data off it. Most of the time its the interface of the external drive thats gone and the drive could be salvageable.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=sata+dock+usb&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=80561736080&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13649667354305203472&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_20fezpm7bd_b