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External HDD Help?
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| JonM |
Ive just fired up my laptop there tonight an plugged in the external hdd where I store my music, I noticed it didnt do the what would you like to do with these files thing so I went into 'My Computer' and double clicked on the ':F' drive which is the external an its saying that the drive has not been formatted and would I like to format it now...
Is there any way I can get my files off this drive or just make it ok again? I have loads of music thats been sent to me by producers ect and i'll more than likely not be able to get half the music back otherwise...
Anybody any ideas? :( |
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| JonM |
Ok.. Im not exactly sure how.. But I think I may be the luckiest person on the planet!
I unplugged the HDD for a few minutes an when I plugged it back in it jus started up as normal... :D!! |
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| Sushipunk |
| Now quick, go and back up your . You don't know for sure if the HD is on it's way out, or if this was just a freak occurrence. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
haha.
i bet you bought something cheap and ty didn't you?
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| quote: | Originally posted by JonM
I unplugged the HDD for a few minutes an when I plugged it back in it jus started up as normal... :D!! |
who wouldn't try that before asking for help on the net? |
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| JonM |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
haha.
i bet you bought something cheap and ty didn't you?
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who wouldn't try that before asking for help on the net? |
I did try that but didnt leave it unplugged for long!
Its a Maxtor 500gb drive |
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| Sushipunk |
Back up your now, fool. Your drive suddenly working again has lured you into a false sense of security :p
All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again. |
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| tubularbills |
| put it in the bathtub. |
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| JonM |
I bought this Maxtor from Argos 2/3 months ago...
Thing is I dont have enough space to back this up.. theres over 100gb on it and I bought it because i had no space left on the laptop.. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by JonM
I bought this Maxtor from Argos 2/3 months ago...
Thing is I dont have enough space to back this up.. theres over 100gb on it and I bought it because i had no space left on the laptop.. |
Might be time for a new external HD then, hmm?
Or, you could just risk it all. |
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