I realized it was dead when the computer would not recognize the drive when
I plugged it in. Tried it on both computers and called tech support who sent
me to Device Manager or something to see if it was actually being recognized
but no luck.
The company had a service to get the info off the hard drive but it seemed
very expensive for the stuff I had on there. so I gave it up as a lost
cause and bought a Verbatim laptop external drive which I love. I just need
a second one to back up the first.
When I plugged in the "dead" drive it would just spin and not be recognized
on either computer.
I will admit that I did not use the Safely remove hardware when removing the
drive from the computer most of the time. I thought it was just for flash
drives and SD cards.
Sherrie Gosling
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From: "Dan Mccurley" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 2:52 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] fact or fiction;
Hi there; Could you tell me what your drive did to let you know that it
had crashed; and were you able to save anything off of it. Is it possible
that a tech person could get the stuff off of it; all of my books were on
it and I am sad over the loss. Thanks for any help.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Silly Goose" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] fact or fiction;
It was certainly fiction in my case. I tried it and noticed that as it
heated back up to room temp that there was a lot of condensation on the
outside and on the inside I presume.
It did not work. I never did get around to sending back the defective
hard drive since the packing instructions from the company were too
complicated.
Now, my goal is to be sure that everything is stored in at least two
places.
I really like the replacement external drive I bought a lot better since
it is much smaller in size and does not need to be plugged in to an
electric outlet, just into the laptop.
Sherrie Gosling
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From: "Dan Mccurley" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 7:56 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Blind-Computing] fact or fiction;
Is it true that putting an external drive in the freezer that is thought
to have died will allow some or all of its content to be gotten off of
it? I think my external has died, or crashed, or something; when I turn
it on it tries to spin up to its normal spinning velocity but on the way
up, it makes a click sound and begins at the beginning again, never
reaching its end speed. Is it dead or can someone retrieve the data on
it. Help with this will be appreciated.
Dan
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