My External Hard Drive is Dead? if it is how can I repair it without going to tech?
Question by Asim Floyd Rai: My External Hard Drive is Dead? if it is how can I repair it without going to tech?
hi, Everyone..I’m living in Dubai (UAE) I really need help in this becoz I have loads of family pics,videos and important documents in this drive!
Ok here is a story: 6 months ago I bought a
MAXTOR ONETOUCH 4 : 500 GB Hard Drive.
PN: 9NT2A4-500
* it has a power plug and Led
*Colour: Black
Since yesterday it was working fine but today morning as I was busy using my laptop with my hard drive connected to laptop – suddenly a pop sound came in Multiplug where I had connected my Hard drive & Laptop’s power plugs. I checked there and smell too but nothing smell. So i was back to laptop again using internet. My biggest mistake was not to check hard drive logo in my laptop. But after a few hours I checked MY COMPUTER i didn’t see ONE TOUCH (hard drive) logo and I tried to reconnect my H/D but i didnt see any LED Light of H/D, no sound of Fan, Nothing…..! so it was completely dead!
Then I opened the cover of Hard drive and checked if something is burned inside H/D but nothing all was fine and clean…Then again i thought H/D plug is burned so i bought a ADAPTOR of 12 Volt and plugged in Multiplug and H/D but no sign of hard drive!
-So can you tell me that if it is completely dead?
- if it is then do you think my all Files are completely gone?
-If it is dead then can u tell me how can i recover at home by myself?
- Oh! by the way I’m living in Dubai ( UAE) If i can’t repair at home then can you tell me how much it will cost me to repair at any repairing shop in Dubai?
I’ll be really happy n glad if you can help me by giving me the best solution!
God bless you! and thank you so much in advance!
@ Spencer : Pop sound i mean not from laptop but from Multiplug , its like electric circuit failure becoz after that sound there was no power into my hard drive!
Thank you anyway!
Best answer:
Answer by Spencer Sabo
The pop sound you hear was probably just the drive resetting after a software error. Im not sure about retrieving the files.. but you can try reformatting the drive (will erase the data)
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May 26th, 2011 at 7:56 pm
If possible, try to connect it directly to the motherboard, IF IT AT LEAST spins!
http://forums.seagate.com/t5/Maxtor-OneTouch-Products/Maxtor-One-Touch-4-won-t-power-on-and-keeps-beeping-lt-Solved-gt/m-p/45712
HDDGuru site mentioned on the page 2 is a good place to get in touch with the data recovery specialists, it is really costly, maybe a thousand dollars or more.
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