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Anonymous   08-31-2009 at 09:08:34 AM

Please help. My external hard drive wouldn't go on. Now it's switching on but my computer cannot read the information on it.It used to read as Verbatim (J), now it reads as Removable Disk F when I plug it in. And when I click on Removable Disk F, It says please insert removable disk F. What can I do?

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englandr753   08-31-2009 at 01:44:38 PM
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What brand is the hard drive? Try another port on the pc or another pc. It could be that the external drive has failed. That's not good as the data on it will be lost. That happened to me just this past couple of weeks...

------------------------------ EVGA 780i mobo | EVGA GTX 275 | Q9550 OC @ 3.6Ghz | 8Ghz 1066Mhz Corsair Memory | Corsair 1000 watt PSU | Coolermaster Stacker CM830 Case | Ultra TEC CPU Cooler | Vista Ultimate 64

 

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sportsfanboy   08-31-2009 at 02:39:22 PM
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Yeah, Try on another computer or even a different usb slot/firewire on the same computer.

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Anonymous   08-31-2009 at 06:49:26 PM
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I've tried different USB Ports and another computer. Still the same. Is there any way I can recover the information stored on it?

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Anonymous   08-31-2009 at 06:50:24 PM
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The harddrive make is Verbatim

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Anonymous   08-31-2009 at 06:51:29 PM
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When I plugged it into my laptop it showed that it was installing software for it, even though I have used it here (on the laptop) many times.

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Anonymous   08-31-2009 at 09:15:50 PM
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I unscrewed the harddrive and saw that the power switch and a bit of the motherboard are burnt. Can I still recover the information?

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englandr753   09-01-2009 at 04:17:37 AM
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It sounds like the circuitry is burn on the pcb board for your drive case. The hard drive may still be good and accessible but you would have to order one of these and plug into your usb port to access it:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6812119152

Or you can buy another hard drive enclosure and put the hard drive in it. Your device may still be under warranty but the issue is you wont get your data back. What I am suggesting to you is to help you recover your data 1st. If you have no data you have to have then just rma it if its still under warranty.

If that hard drive is a 3.5" you could install it in a desktop pc and recover your data that way.

If none of this works then the hard drive could be bad too. Hope that helps...

------------------------------ EVGA 780i mobo | EVGA GTX 275 | Q9550 OC @ 3.6Ghz | 8Ghz 1066Mhz Corsair Memory | Corsair 1000 watt PSU | Coolermaster Stacker CM830 Case | Ultra TEC CPU Cooler | Vista Ultimate 64

 

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