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Watti
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_ 		17. May 2008 @ 02:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok

my Hard Drive

Western digital External Hard Drive Essential Edition

I dropped it... the reader arm Was pressing against the Disk i moved the Arm back 0.01MM or a little more... How do i continueusing this drive... it is back together.. the computer reads it as it is.. but it doesnt show up in The Disk management.. is there any way i can get it back onto the disk management
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sammorris
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_ 		17. May 2008 @ 14:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I doubt it. Back it up and have it replaced.
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Watti
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_ 		17. May 2008 @ 18:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It Doesnt read properly... The info of the hard drive shows.... kinda... but no Hard drive.. how can i back it up? just wanna get info off it.. or keep using it...
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jony218
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_ 		17. May 2008 @ 20:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
use the free "testdisk" to recover the data.

Once the hard drive is opened, you introduced dirt particles inside, even a microspic dirt particle will crash the hard drive. Once you recover the data, consider the hard drive useless.


http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
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Watti
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_ 		18. May 2008 @ 05:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i opend it in positive pressure room but a Negative pressure boxy thing...

Got no dust... in it...
this is how the box works first off when u put the item in it turns Positive pressure.. pushes all the Shit out... i mean ALL of it..

then closes the Vales and that stuff.. then its good to open cause its then Negative pressure... so..
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