Computer says NO!!!!!
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lunarscope said:
Before spending any money I firstly suggest that you find out if you have actually 'lost' the data.
To do this:
Get the manufacturer's name and drive model number.
Contact the manufacturer and find out how much the drive should weigh (in grammes to five decimal points should be accurate enough).
Now, weigh your disk drive to the same accuracy.
Compare the two figures.
If they are the same then you have definitely lost the data, therefore don't waste money trying to recover it.
Can I have some of what ever it is you've been smoking?To do this:
Get the manufacturer's name and drive model number.
Contact the manufacturer and find out how much the drive should weigh (in grammes to five decimal points should be accurate enough).
Now, weigh your disk drive to the same accuracy.
Compare the two figures.
If they are the same then you have definitely lost the data, therefore don't waste money trying to recover it.
xtruss said:
Clicking noise is bad, sounds like a phyiscal drive error...
You could try the freezer methord http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-yo...
Before though get another external drive ready to get the info copied onto pronto.
WOW never even thought of anything as wacky as this it is going in the freezer right now.You could try the freezer methord http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-yo...
Before though get another external drive ready to get the info copied onto pronto.
Funk said:
Grandmaster - from the size of the drive and the problem you're describing, I can fix your problem in less than 30 seconds.
I'm deducing that you have a PORTABLE hard drive which draws its power from the USB socket. The USB socket you have it plugged into is not providing enough power and is probably on a hub?
Unplug the drive and plug it into a different USB socket, perhaps without other USB peripherals plugged in and I'll wager this will solve your problem.
Failing that, try it on another machine and see if it still occurs.
I don't think this is the issue as it uses a kind of duplex usb cable pulling the power from 2 portsI'm deducing that you have a PORTABLE hard drive which draws its power from the USB socket. The USB socket you have it plugged into is not providing enough power and is probably on a hub?
Unplug the drive and plug it into a different USB socket, perhaps without other USB peripherals plugged in and I'll wager this will solve your problem.
Failing that, try it on another machine and see if it still occurs.
Edited by Funk on Friday 1st February 16:19
jimmyb said:
anyones gotta be better than some joker trying to charge 500 quid to sort out a hard drive issue. New drive £50 or so dep on size. Is the rest labour charged at £30 an hr.
I thought the £500 was to recover the data - which can be done, but is time consuming, needs specialist gear and is costly....If it isn't, your are right.
eldar said:
jimmyb said:
anyones gotta be better than some joker trying to charge 500 quid to sort out a hard drive issue. New drive £50 or so dep on size. Is the rest labour charged at £30 an hr.
I thought the £500 was to recover the data - which can be done, but is time consuming, needs specialist gear and is costly....If it isn't, your are right.
Zumbruk's Three Rules of Backups;
1. make backups
2. make backups
3. make backups
The drive will be either SATA or IDE , my first port of call would be to find a friend with a normal desktop type computer, remove your disk from its case and stick into the PC. Chances are you will find it fires up. It could be that the power adapter in the external case has given up the ghost or isnt pulling sufficient juice to spin up the drive. Its *possible* that the clicking is the drive trying to spin up repeatedly but not finiding enough juice. If you were closer to me I'd do it for you , it only takes 5 mins to test. If you can see the USB device from your PC that means the electronics are firing up, just that the disk isnt spinning. Could be a hardware failure but in my experience its more likely something to do with insufficient power.
ETA: I'm betting mr £500 recovery is expecting it to be this and he will shove it into a desktop, fire it up, grab the data and make £500 for 30 minutes work.
ETA: I'm betting mr £500 recovery is expecting it to be this and he will shove it into a desktop, fire it up, grab the data and make £500 for 30 minutes work.
Edited by bigdods on Saturday 2nd February 20:07
grandmasterramro said:
The drive is making a clicking noise over and over i can't hear it spinning. I'll have to start proof reading me posts too sorry if it was difficult to understand
my little LaCie 40GB external started doing this the other week.turns out that some USB connectors don't give the full 12v or 5v that it needs to power up properly. plugging it directly into the PC brought it back into life perfectly.
having said that, whilst it was clicking and we were first trying to get it to spin, you could actually jolt the drive into spinning by twisting the whole enclosure in your hand violently. that seemed to give enough kick to spin it up. plugging it into better USB ports however was the way forward.
so as everyone else says, try the enclosure first because the PSUs in them are cheap and cheerful, whereas the drive is infinitely better engineered.
Zumbruk said:
eldar said:
jimmyb said:
anyones gotta be better than some joker trying to charge 500 quid to sort out a hard drive issue. New drive £50 or so dep on size. Is the rest labour charged at £30 an hr.
I thought the £500 was to recover the data - which can be done, but is time consuming, needs specialist gear and is costly....If it isn't, your are right.
tinman0 said:
Zumbruk said:
eldar said:
jimmyb said:
anyones gotta be better than some joker trying to charge 500 quid to sort out a hard drive issue. New drive £50 or so dep on size. Is the rest labour charged at £30 an hr.
I thought the £500 was to recover the data - which can be done, but is time consuming, needs specialist gear and is costly....If it isn't, your are right.
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