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HELP!!! DROPPED MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE
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4. September 2007 @ 17:26 |
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I have a IBM 20GB laptop hard drive in an external case. I just picked it up and it slipped from my hand and the drive fell, while in its case on a carpeted floor from about 4 feet. Right after that I plugged it in and it started clicking. At the end of the day by dropping it on purpose from 6 inches and shakeing it, it spins up now fine with no clicking and I can hear the heads moving and the drive seeking but my computers don't recognize it. Is the drive broken or is the external case damaged? PLZ HELP!!! I just scanned the drive before I dropped it and IT HAD NO BAD SECTORS!!!! I NEED THIS DRIVE!!!!
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4. September 2007 @ 17:31 |
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sorry man, but it sounds like your HDD is dead... I dont know any way to fix this, maybe someone else can help. I really dont think you can fix this though...
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4. September 2007 @ 17:33 |
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Any other opinions on what has happened to my drive? Thankfully it was just formatted, so It's a blank drive with no data on it.
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4. September 2007 @ 19:36 |
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Yeah the heads probably came into contact with the platters when you dropped it. I don't think it can be fixed. Is it still under warranty?
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5. September 2007 @ 06:15 |
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It was manufactured in July 2002 and its a 20GB IBM Travelstar. I don't know if its under warranty. And can the heads still make contact with the platters when the drive is off?
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5. September 2007 @ 06:25 |
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no, it wouldn't be under warranty.
when the drive is off, yes, damage can be done, but it's not as severe as when the drive is on.
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5. September 2007 @ 09:04 |
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I think after a hard drive clicks it's either dead or dying. So you might be screwed. 20GB drives are extremely cheap these days so it might not be too hard to just buy a new one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152501
Here's a nice 40GB with good reviews and a decent price. If you can afford it I think it might make a good replacement.
But might be possible to repair the drive still. Try running a long scan with Seatools for DOS. Look up how to use it.
Seatools just recently repaired one of my hard drives after an "unmountable_boot_volume" error.
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5. September 2007 @ 09:17 |
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Im gonna try it in a laptop because I think the enclosure is screwed up. I put in a 4.2 GB drive that I know spins up but has bad sectors and it just clicks. but if i do buy a new one, which I might not because this was one of my spares, I would get a 200GB SATA notebook drive for my new laptop (C2D @ 2.0GHZ, 2GB RAM, ATIx1400,120GB,DVD Burner, Bluetooth, wireless, remote, Inspiron E1505)
This is a good drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144378
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5. September 2007 @ 09:34 |
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I really doubt it's the enclosure buddy. If the hard drive was clicking then you dropped it again to fix it... it's definitely damaged.
The Scorpios can give mixed results. I recommend a Toshiba or Seagate drive if you can get one. Try to avoid Hitachi and IBM though. Their drives have a pretty high failure rate.
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5. September 2007 @ 10:34 |
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How are the Toshiba Notebook 120GB SATA hard drives? The one in my E1505 Failed with only 1 bad sector (I replaced it under warranty)
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5. September 2007 @ 19:01 |
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I think they are actually pretty great. My sister has one in her laptop and it has worked fast and problem-free for about a year now :P
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6. September 2007 @ 14:25 |
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I got my Toshiba one that failed replaced with a Fujistu. Are those good?
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6. September 2007 @ 18:01 |
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I'm not too sure about Fujitsu. I've never seen them used or had experience with their other products.
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9. September 2007 @ 06:50 |
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another thing about the drive I dropped. If i put a known Bad Hitachi 4.2 GB hard drive in the enclosure it clicks and the LED flashes red and green at the same time, if I put in the IBM, the one I dropped, it just clicks but the LED stays green as though the drive is working? any suggestions? And also, the Fujistu drive I have runs very cool, about 45 C in my laptop
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9. September 2007 @ 22:11 |
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Some just don't report errors without diagnostic programs.
I remember a Western Digital Caviar I had for a long time that worked perfectly but showed up with about 30 errors in a test.
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10. September 2007 @ 02:12 |
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Thanks for the replies, I am gonna try it out in a laptop and if it doesnt work, I might look into an other one. Instead of a HD, I might get a desktop HD (160GB) and 2GB RAM (OCZ @ 800MHz) to upgrade my XPS. I'll post back with the hard drive results
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10. September 2007 @ 03:07 |
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Sounds like a plan dude! :P
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10. September 2007 @ 04:21 |
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and I had a WD drive that from new refused to create a master table for an operating system. Works flawlessly as a slave drive, but put an OS on it and it throws a wobbly and corrupts the files!
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10. September 2007 @ 10:56 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
and I had a WD drive that from new refused to create a master table for an operating system. Works flawlessly as a slave drive, but put an OS on it and it throws a wobbly and corrupts the files!
lol.
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10. September 2007 @ 11:11 |
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Had that with my first Seagate Barracuda 160GB... it ran fine for a month and then the boot.ini was corrupted and I couldn't get it to support an OS.
It works well as an external storage unit though.
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10. September 2007 @ 11:51 |
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Hehe yep I've been playing Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 off it all day!
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10. September 2007 @ 12:42 |
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Originally posted by Estuansis:
Had that with my first Seagate Barracuda 160GB... it ran fine for a month and then the boot.ini was corrupted and I couldn't get it to support an OS.
It works well as an external storage unit though.
I had my boot.ini once booting off something like partition 10, IDK what edited it but I defiantly don't have 10 partitions on a drive (don't think thats even supported). Luckily I had Vista on a secondary HD so I could load that and fix the boot.ini.
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10. September 2007 @ 12:44 |
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I know this is the wrong forum, but does anybody know how to run PSP Tube on a PSP? And if there's a way to convert a C++ or Visual Basic program to a PSP eboot that it can read and run? I have 3.52 M33-4
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10. September 2007 @ 12:49 |
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check in the psp general discussion forum
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10. September 2007 @ 16:22 |
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Originally posted by ddp:
check in the psp general discussion forum
Thanks, I will.
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