If the drive show no symptoms that it is sick I would assume that it's ok. You should always have your important data backed up anyway to at least 2 sources - preferably one of them off-site.
Good luck, Donk On 2/18/2012 12:35 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I recently accidentally knocked my Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk external > hard drive (1 T) off the table onto my carpet-rug. The fall was about 28 > inches, and the drive was turned off and unplugged at the time. I then > hooked it up to my computer and tried to put data into and extract data from > my external hard drive. I was successful at doing both of these things which > got done in a reasonablely timely fashion. I then did a diagnostic with > Hardware Diagnostic Tools (Windows 7). I did both the short test and the > long test of this external hard drive, and both tests were successful as > well. I was wondering if ,even after confirming all of these things, my > external hard drive might still be in trouble. > > > > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
