agent817
Fry's dog Seymour
Doesn't Know Whose Ring It Is
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Post by agent817 on Jan 24, 2017 12:41:28 GMT -5
What should I do about this? I see videos online that talk about the problems with why it couldn't be read and that I would need to take apart my drive and all that. Is it worth it? I am mostly concerned with all the stuff I have on there.
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Post by MC Blowfish on Jan 24, 2017 12:48:18 GMT -5
It sounds like the hard drive might be going out. When you plug it in, does it show up in your device manager? Does it show up under Devices and Printers?
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agent817
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Post by agent817 on Jan 24, 2017 12:55:11 GMT -5
It sounds like the hard drive might be going out. When you plug it in, does it show up in your device manager? Does it show up under Devices and Printers? No, it doesn't. The light comes on the drive, though, but I can't access the data that is on there as it won't come up. |
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Post by MC Blowfish on Jan 24, 2017 13:02:24 GMT -5
If you open Disk Management, does it show up?
Go to start - run and then type diskmgmt.msc. It should show up. If it doesn't the hard drive is probably dead or dying. It does sound like a mechanical failure which means the data is there. You can always get software to recover it and some PC shops will have that, but you'll have to pay for it. If you know someone with Linux, they might be able to help you.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Jan 24, 2017 21:27:14 GMT -5
what type of sound? like a clicking sound?
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agent817
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Post by agent817 on Jan 24, 2017 23:05:37 GMT -5
what type of sound? like a clicking sound? Yes. |
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Jan 24, 2017 23:41:00 GMT -5
bad news. you're most likely f***ed. same thing happened to one of mine a few months ago, and i lost everything. you could try to take it to a shop to get some of the data pulled off it, but if the ones there are like the ones here its around $100 to even try and no guarantee they'll actually get anything off it
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