Hello. I have a Seagate BUP Slim SL External HDD that's been weird for some time now. Whenever I copy data into it, Windows get unresponsive etc. Now it's worse, sometimes windows and my Samsung Smart TV can't read it. My files are becoming corrupt one by one, that's why I'm trying to recover them using EaseUS. It says it will take me around five hours to finish the deep scan, but I always get blue screen after 30 mins scanning. Can anyone help me?
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Blue screen while trying to recover data from external HDD.
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LowlySkeleton
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If your files on that external drive is getting corrupted, its pretty good sign it is at its last leg. At this point, it could get complicated to recover all your data.
You can check out this link for a nice guide that you can try out: http://www.geekyprojects.com/storage/how-to-recover-data-even-when-hard-drive-is-damaged/
There is also a video here on a more "getto" method you can try (at your own risk!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHBg0mrHXOQ
If it becomes a complete mechanical failure in the drive, you might need to find a place to help recover that data, as there isn't much we can do to replace the mechanical arm of a HDD in a home environment.
You can check out this link for a nice guide that you can try out: http://www.geekyprojects.com/storage/how-to-recover-data-even-when-hard-drive-is-damaged/
There is also a video here on a more "getto" method you can try (at your own risk!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHBg0mrHXOQ
If it becomes a complete mechanical failure in the drive, you might need to find a place to help recover that data, as there isn't much we can do to replace the mechanical arm of a HDD in a home environment.
LowlySkeleton
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As I've mentioned, random files becoming corrupted is a sign that your HDD is dying. Both SSDs and HDDs will eventually fail. SSDs have a finate amount of reads and writes, though this number is really high for modern SSDs(meaning that they usually last quite a few years before failing). HDDs are a bit different.
HDD are mechanical drives, with a mechanical arm and spinning disk platter. Data is written on the surface of the disk, which means the mechanical arm needs physically move when reading or writing data. Mechanical moving parts are much more prone to physical damage (shaking, dropping, etc). It won't actually take much to damage a HDD. If you had the external drive reading or writing files and turned it on its side, this would cause some damage to the spinning disk. You can imagine HDDs as a miniaturized record and record player (with those needle arms). Even without any externally forces, a HDD is bound to fail eventually, due to wear and tear over the years.
HDD are mechanical drives, with a mechanical arm and spinning disk platter. Data is written on the surface of the disk, which means the mechanical arm needs physically move when reading or writing data. Mechanical moving parts are much more prone to physical damage (shaking, dropping, etc). It won't actually take much to damage a HDD. If you had the external drive reading or writing files and turned it on its side, this would cause some damage to the spinning disk. You can imagine HDDs as a miniaturized record and record player (with those needle arms). Even without any externally forces, a HDD is bound to fail eventually, due to wear and tear over the years.
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