CoolFunkMan Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 (edited) EDIT: Never mind, it's powered up again now, weird. Time to frantically copy stuff over before it dies again. ORIGINAL POST: I have (or had) a 2TB Segate external hard drive: http://www.ebuyer.com/384253-seagate-2tb-expansion-desktop-drive-stbv2000200 Anyway, it's only been just over a year since I've had it, and it appears to have died. No light comes on and it doesn't appear under "my computer". I've attempted to unplug it and plug it back in, rebooting my system to no avail, it's a lost cause. Is there any way of rescuing the data off it? Or have I lost years worth of stuff? (Some of which I'll probably never get back.) Edited January 27, 2014 by CoolFunkMan
jersmith Posted January 29, 2014 Posted January 29, 2014 If the drive is not spinning, I recommend the "frisbee" method of recovery. Take your hard drive in your hand, hold onto it and flick your wrist as if throwing a frisbee (don't ACTUALLY throw it, please! Just make the motion). I had an external drive fail on me and doing this loosened the platter enough to get it going again. Still works almost a year later. hope this helps
CoolFunkMan Posted February 17, 2014 Author Posted February 17, 2014 Thanks for the tip! I'll remember that one next time a hard drive dies. Also, don't worry, I won't throw it... xD
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