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CloneTrooperX

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External Hard Drive Help
« on: May 26, 2007, 05:47:19 am »
Okay...I was packing up my stuff for my flight. I had a lot of time left. So I decided to hook up my external to listen to music but it wasn't being read on my computer. So I tried on my dad's laptop. Not being read either. What happened? Hardware failure or something? HELP!
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Re: External Hard Drive Help
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2007, 07:01:43 am »
umm maybe...

it is just a USB one?
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Re: External Hard Drive Help
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2007, 07:04:29 am »
Yeah.
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Re: External Hard Drive Help
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2007, 07:22:52 am »
is there some sort of power switch on the back? maybe try restarting a computer with it plugged in?
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Re: External Hard Drive Help
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2007, 08:20:55 am »
Done that. Nothing. There's supposed to be a red light that blinks when it is reading my data. Only the green light(power)is on. I'm really frustrated because a crapload of valuable data is on there. I took a lot of effort on it too and I don't want to lose it all.
« Last Edit: May 27, 2007, 04:37:45 am by Kasumi »
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Re: External Hard Drive Help
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2007, 12:00:47 pm »
maybe it unhooked itself internally

do you hear the drive spinning/making any noise?
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CloneTrooperX

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Re: External Hard Drive Help
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2007, 12:30:10 pm »
It does make a little click sound when I turn it on and it stays quiet from there.
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Re: External Hard Drive Help
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2007, 03:32:04 pm »
that sound is most likely the Click of Death™
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CloneTrooperX

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Re: External Hard Drive Help
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2007, 03:37:30 pm »
As of now my dad's friend who works with computers took it to see what is wrong. He's got a good reputation so I hope he'll figure it out.
« Last Edit: May 27, 2007, 04:38:34 am by Kasumi »
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Re: External Hard Drive Help
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2007, 05:35:18 pm »
my dad's external hard-drive did the same thing................
Id like to say it worked out in the end but..........
he lost all his data....
Hope yours goes better.
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