Is there any way to fix this...? dropped hard drive accident w/ photo

Milanna · Jun 17, 2014

I dropped my external hard drive when moving last year. Finally popped it open today to see what was jingling inside and found this...

http://s18.postimg.org/5ap73uw8p/oops1.jpg

Basically the USB thinger (which was in two pieces and bent out of shape before I put it back together) got violently detached from the green thinger. Sorry I can't be more descriptive. I don't know all the names of all the parts.

Is there any way to fix this? If not, is there any way to retrieve my data?

mickypheonix · Jun 17, 2014

Hi Milanna
the hard drive should be a seperate unit from the green PCB in your image and should unplug from the other side ,
tell me if you can do this

mickypheonix · Jun 17, 2014

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The drive should look like this unplugged

Milanna · Jun 17, 2014

Hi

yeah~ that's what one side of it looks (not sure if it's considered the top or bottom). The part that fell off is on the opposite side.

The piece that fell off that's in my fingers in the picture I posted attaches where I drew the red arrows. I know this for certain because, well, where it got detached there's little damage patches and that's the only place it can go to pop out of the hole in the case to allow the usb cable to plug in...

mickypheonix · Jun 17, 2014

all you need is the hard drive itself , the image i posted and it can be plugged into another computer and the data taken off it or put in an external case and hooked up to your computer/laptop via usb

out of curiosity what was the drive hooked up to ?

mickypheonix · Jun 17, 2014

can you show me the side where the plug was in a photo please

Milanna · Jun 17, 2014

It had the usb cable in it when it fell is all.

So, how do I plug it in then? The part where the USB plug is inserted is the part that came detached. That's the part that's in my fingers in the photo.

Milanna · Jun 17, 2014

Here's another photo matching the angle of the one posted above:

mickypheonix · Jun 17, 2014

what are you using a laptop/desktop

mickypheonix · Jun 17, 2014

ok heres what you can do , ether buy an external 3.5 drive enclosure like this
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210_177_287&products_id=26647&zenid=8dffa3371df35182eebbab64edf95bd1
this is only an example , they are fairly cheap and you can get them almost anywhere , plug your HDD just the drive in the image into it ,plug the new enclosures lead into your usb and you are good to go

mickypheonix · Jun 17, 2014

or something like this a usb drive dock
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210_288&products_id=21229&zenid=8dffa3371df35182eebbab64edf95bd1

or something like this
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210_901&products_id=22657&zenid=8dffa3371df35182eebbab64edf95bd1
an adaptor tht you can plug in any drive

Milanna · Jun 17, 2014

It already has a case... this was an external drive to start with. But the USB plug snapped off the green part. It should be attached to where I have drawn the red arrow. So, the only thing that will connect anymore is the power cord. I can't plug anything else in.

mickypheonix · Jun 17, 2014

dont bother trying to fix it , that is only the case and its printed circuit board the hard drive is in tact just get another enclosure for the hard drive and throw away the old enclosure

Milanna · Jun 17, 2014

But where on the hard drive is it going to plug in? The only plug in left is the power supply.

mickypheonix · Jun 17, 2014

this is the HDD itself

it can be removed from the green circuit board and put into a new enclosure it will most likely be held on the green board by 4 screws one in each corner of the drive

mickypheonix · Jun 17, 2014

if you have a desktop you can use it as an internal drive and hook it up to your motherboard

Milanna · Jun 17, 2014

Ohhh, got it. So, just unscrew the extra green circuit board where the USB plug snapped off from and where the power thing is still attached?

mickypheonix · Jun 18, 2014

yes , all you want is the HDD itself not the circuit board , the hard drive can be used again if it has not been damaged from dropping it

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