How to repair a Iomega external hard drive

[obreaux]

I dropped the drive on the floor and now the drive just makes a spinning noise

 

[Ubrales]

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http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/put-your-hard-drive-in-the-freezer-to-recover-data/
http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-your-hard-drive-to-recover-data.html

Worth a try!

 

[theclarets1969]

how can i fix an unreadible iomega external hd without formatting it plzz help me as ive a lot of things on it that i dont want 2 lose