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VERBATIM EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE DEFECT

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Anonymous   09-20-2009 at 05:41:56 PM

I droped my 500 gig hard drive and it makes a strange noise when i turn it on and it dosent work.
my 500 gig is almost full and i dont want to loose my info. can it be repared???

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Bronze Storage badge evongugg   09-21-2009 at 02:16:40 PM

Check if it makes any of these noises.

Hard Disk Noises are warning signals

http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/01 [...] gnals.html

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Bronze Storage badge evongugg   09-21-2009 at 02:20:23 PM

Take the hard drive out and try hooking it directly to a computer.
If it's recognized in the bios, there is hope.

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