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Hard drive woes...

matamaticmatamatic 488 Posts
edited January 2008 in Strut Central
My western digital mybook world just died on me... I had 200 plus gigs of music on this bitch! What can I use to try and recover my hd? Or should I just call tech support. What a friggin hassle that would be!

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  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    Is it totally dead (i.e. no power) or just no longer readable?
  • FatbackFatback 6,746 Posts
    I was about to buy one of those in 1TB version. How long have you had it?

    What's the best 1TB external to get?
  • troublemantroubleman 1,928 Posts
    Shit! I just got the 500 GB version for Christmas. It seems really fragile and It said multiple times in the instructions that it's not for travelling as if you hit it, drop it, or ding it, you can break it or lose info.
  • jaymackjaymack 5,199 Posts
    try Partition Doctor before you give up hope.
  • fauxteurfauxteur 342 Posts
    I've had a MyBook for over a year ... still working well. I've accidentally bumped it once, enough so it started clicking also it fell once 1 ft onto a hard floor.

    I guess I should back stuff up, it's probably worth buying another drive just so I don't lose valuable files. I think basic drives are typically only guaranteed for a year.
  • matamaticmatamatic 488 Posts
    I was about to buy one of those in 1TB version. How long have you had it?

    What's the best 1TB external to get?
    bout 7-8 months..
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,899 Posts
    I was thinking of picking one up from Costco the other day.

    http://www.costco.ca/Browse/Product.aspx...y=1&topnav=&s=1

    $289 is alright.


    But I think I'd rather get a Seagate estat drive with 3.0Gb/s and a 32MB Cache with a 5 year Warranty for $299 and drop it in my own enclosure.


    I can't wait for these babies to come out tho.

    http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/06/samsung-intros-spinpoint-m6-500gb-standard-height-laptop-drive/

    500 gig laptop drives!
  • matamaticmatamatic 488 Posts
    Is it totally dead (i.e. no power) or just no longer readable?

    no longer readable
  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    Is it totally dead (i.e. no power) or just no longer readable?

    no longer readable

    Then all may not be lost as this happened to my 250 gig drive about a year ago. I bought a new hard drive and downloaded the below program:

    http://www.recovermyfiles.com/

    You can either buy it or there are registration codes floating round the internet. It recovered absolutely everything off the drive and copied it to my new external drive.

    Definitely worth giving it a shot and you can test if it will work on the demo version.
  • jaymackjaymack 5,199 Posts
    try Partition Doctor before you give up hope.

    SERIOUSLY.
    http://www.zshare.net/download/628597867a7233/
  • matamaticmatamatic 488 Posts
    Is it totally dead (i.e. no power) or just no longer readable?

    no longer readable

    Then all may not be lost as this happened to my 250 gig drive about a year ago. I bought a new hard drive and downloaded the below program:

    http://www.recovermyfiles.com/

    You can either buy it or there are registration codes floating round the internet. It recovered absolutely everything off the drive and copied it to my new external drive.

    Definitely worth giving it a shot and you can test if it will work on the demo version.
    shit is just weird cause It's plugged in and i can hear it spinning. There's a little click i can hear though I'm gonna try those programs for sure asap!!!! Good lookin guys on that..
  • jaysusjaysus 787 Posts
    Don't forget to freeze your harddrive!



    http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-your-hard-drive-to-recover-data.html

  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    shit is just weird cause It's plugged in and i can hear it spinning. There's a little click i can hear though I'm gonna try those programs for sure asap!!!! Good lookin guys on that..

    If you get a chance, find a friend with a computer and make it a slave drive. You can usually recover a good amount of your files this way at the clicking stage, before you drop any cash on any recovery software.


    I was about to buy one of those in 1TB version. How long have you had it?

    bout 7-8 months..

    You're still under warranty, and I believe Western Digital charges a small fee to recover your files. However if there is illegal content on it (kid porn, not mp3s) you will get in trouble for it, and that is also the case with most data recovery services.


    Shit! I just got the 500 GB version for Christmas. It seems really fragile and It said multiple times in the instructions that it's not for travelling as if you hit it, drop it, or ding it, you can break it or lose info.

    That's every hard drive.


    I was thinking of picking one up from Costco the other day.

    The 500 gig seagate external is like $120 bucks. I'm gonna fasho pick one up.

    - spidey
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    Shit! I just got the 500 GB version for Christmas. It seems really fragile and It said multiple times in the instructions that it's not for travelling as if you hit it, drop it, or ding it, you can break it or lose info.

    That's every hard drive.

    Assuming you're not including the ones designed to be portable...
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts

    Not to be mean but your problems started out riiight... about... here...

    My western digital[/b]
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    uh, hello? Cashless? that you?
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    uh, hello? Cashless? that you?

    yes, THAT Cashless...

    Are you welcoming me back?
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