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Death of a Hard Drive (or: Please don't tell me I just lost 500GB of music)

RaggaholicRaggaholic Registered User regular
edited June 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Alright, this situation is like this. My dad has an external drive (Iomega 1TB) that he basically has ripped all of his CDs and whatnot onto. He's had quite a bit of music, as he was in the radio business for around 50 years. He called me tonight to tell me his music wouldn't play in his DJ program. I checked out his laptop.

The drive wasn't recognized by the computer, so I shut the drive off and turned it back on. Then I tried a different USB port. Then I tried a different USB cable. Then I hooked it to my Vista laptop and the drive still wasn't being recognized.

So, is the drive gone? Has he lost all of his music?

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  • Torque MonkeyTorque Monkey Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    The drive could have potentially failed, or more likely, the enclosure has. You can remove the drive inside(albeit I'd recommend being careful, some makers like to make them a bit tricky, so be cautious not to damage the drive if you do take it apart) and hook it up directly in your PC or another PC, or purchase a different enclosure/way of connecting it.

    If the drive is indeed toast, then all hope is not lost. There are numerous data recovery services around that range anywhere from around $100 on up, depending on a number of things. If the drive is made by WD/SeaGate and just in an IOmega enclosure, check the manufacturor's website to see about recovery services.

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