So sorry, Ann. I think your best chance might be to install the drive in a new enclosure in hope that the problem has to do with something other than the drive mechanism. But there are people here who know much more than I do about these things. In any case, I will send plenty of good thoughts your way. Paul
On Jan 22, 2011, at 11:04 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > My 500 gig external harddrive crashed tonight... guess where all my recent > digital photos are? > > This happened after I loaded PEF's onto it a couple of hours ago... a couple > of weird things happned... the PEntax Lab thing said there was a loading > error. > I know its not the USB port because I was able to attach my 80 gig external > to it and use it. > WHen I plug in the drive it says USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNIZED...and says the > divice has malfunctioned. > > aarrrgggh! > > Never had a drive crash on me before ... > > I connected it to the old puter to see if I could revive it but no, nothing... > > WHen I goto the trouble shooting page it tells me I should try and reconnect > it (duh) and if that doesnt work "REPLACE THE DEVICE" > > the device is a Seagate free agent 500 gig drive I got as a present in 2007. > All my photos from the last two years are on there > The C drive was getting crowded most everything I need is on the external > drive. > > I sthis going to cost me a fortune to save it? is it possible there is just > a driver I need to reload? > > Hugs along with info would be much appreciated > > ann sad > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
