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By *uzzybe OP Woman
over a year ago
Darlington |
I have a 1tg external hard drive. I plug it into the laptop and the laptop acknowledges that it is there but the hard drive itself doesnt do the whirry thing it usually does when it starts up.
Can this be easily investigated and fixed?
If not, is it possible to somehow get the information from it?
thanks muchly in advance
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By *uzzybe OP Woman
over a year ago
Darlington |
"How long you had it
Did it ever do the whirry noise, or is it new and your expecting it to do a whirry thing ??
What brand is it ??"
its not new.
always made a whirry noise with flickering light.
its an iomega  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's happened to me before and never worked on that Pc again although it did work on a different Pc......Worth a try and if it works just back up everything on it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"How long you had it
Did it ever do the whirry noise, or is it new and your expecting it to do a whirry thing ??
What brand is it ??
its not new.
always made a whirry noise with flickering light.
its an iomega "
Send their customer service an email explaining what's happened.
They'll advise you what to do next.
Or, look for the serial number, and google problems with that hdd. |
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By *rpeldCouple
over a year ago
northampton |
9 times out of 10 it's just your power pack that has gone which is inside the hard drive case. Take it to somewhere like Maplins and explain what has happened. There are devices you can buy to transfer your data. £25-£40 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"9 times out of 10 it's just your power pack that has gone which is inside the hard drive case. Take it to somewhere like Maplins and explain what has happened. There are devices you can buy to transfer your data. £25-£40"
Yeah I got one. People call them "caddys". |
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By *hortieWoman
over a year ago
Northampton |
i had an iomega that stopped working after a year. an ex plugged it into his vista (apparently one of the few things vista is good for is helping with a lot of external hd issues - something was wrong with the externals registry and vista sorted it out)
but 2 weeks later it packed up totally - turned it on and it just keeps 'clicking'
good luck with yours - i wont be getting another iomega again  |
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By *ucyfur77Woman
over a year ago
Pleasuretown |
"I have a 1tg external hard drive. I plug it into the laptop and the laptop acknowledges that it is there but the hard drive itself doesnt do the whirry thing it usually does when it starts up.
Can this be easily investigated and fixed?
If not, is it possible to somehow get the information from it?
thanks muchly in advance
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Have you tried turning it on and off again?  |
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didnt think of that 