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le nubian - Feb 25, 2010 3:59:45 am PST #13051 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 4:41:25 am PST #13052 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Feb 25, 2010 11:31:50 am PST #13053 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have an external hard drive that was working fine this morning and now won't mount on the desktop. How hard should I be panicking right now, given that the drive in question contains an awful lot of un-backed-up really important material on it?
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 11:33:44 am PST #13054 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Have you tried it on another computer and/or tried rebooting?
Does the drive spin up? If not, try jiggling it when you plug it in - that may be enough to get it spinning one more time.
Oh, can you try a different cable?
Jessica - Feb 25, 2010 11:35:00 am PST #13055 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've rebooted twice. The drive is *really* hot right now, so I'm going to let it cool down before I try swapping cables.
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 11:37:57 am PST #13056 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The drive is *really* hot right now, so I'm going to let it cool down before I try swapping cables.
Huh. Hotter than normal? That might mead the drive motor is almost dead. Or dead.
Is it powered by USB? If it allows a separate power adapter, try that. (Some USB ports on computers aren't really powerful enough.)
If you get it going, try to get everything off it ASAP.
I thought I read something about putting a balky drive in the freezer to get it going - you might google that.
le nubian - Feb 25, 2010 11:48:30 am PST #13057 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jessica,
you might try to move the drive into another enclosure and see if that will work.
Jessica - Feb 25, 2010 11:51:47 am PST #13058 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If the drive is dead, what are the chances the data could be recovered by a professional?
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 12:04:14 pm PST #13059 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I don't know much about that, but if it'd the drive motor, I'd think they'd be able to replace it - at least to get the data off for you.
Liese S. - Feb 25, 2010 12:08:48 pm PST #13060 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It`s probably possible but expensive.