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My western digital 400GB SATA hard drive wont work.
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stilts07
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_ 		8. January 2012 @ 13:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
When i start my computer, the hard drive makes 3 beep sounds then shuts off. I even took out the hard drive and plugged it into a USB to Sata device into a working desktop computer and does the same thing. What should i do?
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ddp
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_ 		8. January 2012 @ 14:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
get a new drive as that 1 is dead.
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stilts07
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_ 		8. January 2012 @ 14:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ddp:
 get a new drive as that 1 is dead.
what could have caused this?
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ddp
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_ 		8. January 2012 @ 15:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
could have been anything to do with the drive not the computer. hope you had your info saved on another drive as a backup.
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stilts07
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_ 		8. January 2012 @ 18:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ddp:
 could have been anything to do with the drive not the computer. hope you had your info saved on another drive as a backup.
Yes, luckily i had all my files backed up on an external HD, sad thing is i have to wait to get a new HD :(
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