My Book 1TB WD Hard-drive broken?
Last response: in Storage
Hello.
I have a 1TB WD Hard-Drive which i recently knocked onto it's side.
From this, the USB 3.0 port has broken off and remains rattling within the Hard-Drive. I am not too experienced with fixing HD's so i worry if it came to opening it up, the chances are I will take it too be repaired, but still i am surprised at how easily it broke considering how well i took care of it.
The two main this I would Like to ask the forum are:
1, Is it fixable?
2, Will I lose any of my data?
I am more worried about question two as (Unfortunately) I moved all my videos to my hard-drive recently so i could place them in order to create my media showreel, so i hope i don't lose a lifetimes worth of film work.
Thanks
Grant
I have a 1TB WD Hard-Drive which i recently knocked onto it's side.
From this, the USB 3.0 port has broken off and remains rattling within the Hard-Drive. I am not too experienced with fixing HD's so i worry if it came to opening it up, the chances are I will take it too be repaired, but still i am surprised at how easily it broke considering how well i took care of it.
The two main this I would Like to ask the forum are:
1, Is it fixable?
2, Will I lose any of my data?
I am more worried about question two as (Unfortunately) I moved all my videos to my hard-drive recently so i could place them in order to create my media showreel, so i hope i don't lose a lifetimes worth of film work.
Thanks
Grant
More about : book 1tb hard drive broken
If it is just the USB Port that has broken I would say that your data is easily retrievable. It is likely the drive can be removed and placed in another enclosure or plugged directly into a PC. Do make sure the file system for the drive is supported before plugging it into a PC however. Some drive enclosure products have their own file system but it is not a common scenario.
Related ressources:
- Forum[ASK] WD My Book Essential Hard Disk Swap
- ForumBrokne 3.0 on WD Book 1TB External HD
- ForumWD My Book Essential 1TB -- How to use as a giant USB drive?
- ForumWD My Book Essential 1TB -- How to use as a giant USB drive?
- ForumWD My Book 1tb or WD Green 1tb + usb enclosure
- ForumBroken WD My Book , and corrupted files... Please Help!
- ForumBroken USB port on WD External Hard Drive
- ForumWestern digital 500gb my book hard drive broken :(
- ForumWD 1TB External Harddrive showing as 2TB
- ForumNeed help saving my data from WD My book 1TB dual drive
- ForumWhich 1TB harddrive is better? SAMSUNG HD103SJ or WD Caviar 1001FALS?
- ForumHow to change Broken SATA Connector on Harddrive
- ForumWD My Book Query
- ForumBest bang for bucks sata6 hard-drive
- ForumSSD swap for Avatar 145A2 Ultrabook?
- ForumHow to re-use drives from WD my book
- Forum[Solved] 8 1tb drives Raid 10
- ForumSamsung spinpoint f3 1tb 3gbps or WD caviar blue 500gb 6gbps OS DRIVE?
- Forum[Solved] Caviar Black 1TB Clonig OS or Instaling New One
- ForumI have Dell note book model Latitude d430 his hd book sector is dead, please gui
- More resources
Read discussions in other Storage categories
!
