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External Hd Failed - Recovery?


Phatmike

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Hey guys,

I've got a Western Digital Passport 320gb external drive (one of these:)

wd-ext-hard-drive-250gb-2.5-inch-my-pass

Which has stopped working - when plugged in, the LED illuminates, the drive spins, and is recognised by the computer, but nothing comes up in terms of visible folders.

Are there any 'free' software packages that might be able to help (on mac or windows), or if not - does anyone know any suitable data recovery specialists that can sort it, but won't charge hundreds!

Thanks,

Mike.

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Shit, that reminds me, mines on its way out, need to get a new one before it dies and I loose everything.... May have to favourite this thread just in case. Anyone know of any good ones? needs to be powered off the USB not mains, otherwise it kinda defeats the point of a laptop.

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Shit, that reminds me, mines on its way out, need to get a new one before it dies and I loose everything.... May have to favourite this thread just in case. Anyone know of any good ones? needs to be powered off the USB not mains, otherwise it kinda defeats the point of a laptop.

How can you tell when its 'on its way out' ? is it louder then normal ?

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How can you tell when its 'on its way out' ? is it louder then normal ?

Pretty much, it's making some dodgy noise's and something's loose and rattling around inside, the USB connections getting a bit sloppy, and the other day it kept turning off when using it on my mates desktop, although it hasn't turned off while connected to my laptop ever, so I don't know what was going on there, but yeah, it seems to be getting a little tired. Has lasted well though, I abuse the crap out of it, and really do make the most of it being portable.

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I've got a kinda mad question that Mike (and others) might be able to answer;

My old Macbook just won't turn on any more, however it's got LOADS of old photos on it I'd really like to keep.

I've got an E- Sata connector, will that do for connecting the HD up to my current laptop (Windows if that makes any difference ?) and transferring the photos across ?

Macbook it a standard 13" screen jobbie from about 2 years ago ?

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I've got a kinda mad question that Mike (and others) might be able to answer;

My old Macbook just won't turn on any more, however it's got LOADS of old photos on it I'd really like to keep.

I've got an E- Sata connector, will that do for connecting the HD up to my current laptop (Windows if that makes any difference ?) and transferring the photos across ?

Macbook it a standard 13" screen jobbie from about 2 years ago ?

No expert with macs so a second opinion would be advised - but macs use a file format that is not recognised by windows, so you would need some conversion software such as MacDrive.

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Go to Southampton, to the Apple Store. Pay £X. Get photos back. Also, they can probably get it running again.

No chance of them getting it running again, I've sold the keyboard, RAM, screen and speakers.

Only thing left is the HD !

That won't work either, Windows will not read discs written by a Mac and as the guy from the Apple store in Portsmouth told me (yes, I phoned them yesterday afternoon!) they do have the facilities to do it but they won't do it for average joe off the street.

Although, I have managed to get a free version of Mac Drive from a friend so with a bit of luck I'll be able to get the right cable for it today.

Cheers for the help guyz...

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That won't work either, Windows will not read discs written by a Mac and as the guy from the Apple store in Portsmouth told me (yes, I phoned them yesterday afternoon!) they do have the facilities to do it but they won't do it for average joe off the street.

No Apple store in Portsmouth. :P

It's just a different formatting, don't know if Windows 7 can read it now? I remember having a mac only HDD and windows being able to read it, but not put stuff onto it though..

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No Apple store in Portsmouth. :P

It's just a different formatting, don't know if Windows 7 can read it now? I remember having a mac only HDD and windows being able to read it, but not put stuff onto it though..

By pompey I meant Southampton, haha ! The one in the shopping center with John Lewis, next to sports world !!! :P

I've got the software now, I just need to pop out an get the cable today.

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