I've never taken a commercial external drive apart before but I assume it's just a standard hard drive in an enclosure and nothing special.
Edited by - randomprecision on 1/15/2008 9:25:17 AM
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| McX Maxstretch.com  135 Posts 1/05 |  Posted - Jan 15 2008 : 9:01AMAnyone know of an "adult friendly" Data Recovery location in LA? The drive is not recognized on different computers, the external light is on solid. Otherwise, no activity or recognition on computers. Thanks, McX [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Jan 15 2008 : 9:22AM I've never taken a commercial external drive apart before but I assume it's just a standard hard drive in an enclosure and nothing special. Edited by - randomprecision on 1/15/2008 9:25:17 AM [Link] |
| McX Maxstretch.com 135 Posts 1/05 | Posted - Jan 15 2008 : 12:41PM Thanks for the comment. Will do b4 moving on to a specialist. Thanks, McX [Link] |
Bill  All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Jan 15 2008 : 7:36PM [Link] |
| McX Maxstretch.com 135 Posts 1/05 | Posted - Jan 17 2008 : 10:51PM know how it goes. Peace out... McX [Link] |
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| cubesnake Senior Member 3858 Posts 10/02 | Posted - Jan 19 2008 : 12:35PM I guess your drive is dead as dead can be. I´ve lost over 1 TB with "cheap" external drives over the years from various manufactures. It seems harddrives are getting worse and worse over the years. What good is a harddisc if it doesn´t life long enough to fill its space ? My latest loss didn´t even make it past 200 hours of lifetime. For all i care the manufatures can fuck themselfes with any warranty they offer. I want harddrives that do what they are build for and not die within the first week. I don´t even know "what" dies inside them ... all i know is the data_discs inside are not rotating anymore. There is a sound that makes me belive the heads are still moving like crazy. Cube [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Jan 19 2008 : 12:46PM [Link] |
| McX Maxstretch.com 135 Posts 1/05 | Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 5:15PM I extracted the drive from it's case and hooked it up to the internal connection and power inside my PC and everything was fine. The important lesson is: back up everything to either a redundant drive and/or optics. For the really important stuff reburn optics time to time and keep one copy remote. Lesson learned... Peace out... McX [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Jan 22 2008 : 5:34PM Incidentally, I wonder how many people just toss perfectly good drives when this happens? I've seen many reports of external hard drive "failures" in which the drive simply stopped working one day. Usually, they don't say anything about the typical noises that are said to accompany a head crash. Which is one of the main things that kill hard drives. The enclosures even some of the big name brand manufacturers use for their external drives may not be of the best quality. Stands to reason the electronics between the enclosure and the drive could be one of the weakest links. And yeah - There's no substitute for backups if the data you have on a drive is irreplaceable. The anguished cry of loss has bounced off of many barren walls around the world after someone trusted one drive to hold all their precious data. Edited by - randomprecision on 1/22/2008 5:40:20 PM [Link] |
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