Beardy Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I recently bought an external HD for all my random bits, including a load of Vids, and pics of my kids when they were babies! Problem is, this device is It broke, and now i have lost a shed load of stuff that i really needed, and i went to Comet to tell them and they basically couldnt give a toss, neither could the manufacturer! They even had the cheek to charge £20 to phone their technical help! I have now been told i need to get someone to do "Data Recovery!" All i know is it cost a load of money to do! Does anyone know how i can go about this without it costing me a small fortune? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 How the hell has it managed to get broke in a month?! You need equipment that you probably haven't got to do the job correctly, however... Is the HDD connected via USB? Unplug, power off - plug the drive in another USB port or ports (mine uses two) and power on again. Secondly - and this will invalidate your warranty! - take it apart, attach an IDE cable to the drive and power on your PC. You can get a cable for a 3.5" drive from PC World or wherever for about a fiver. Bingo. All your stuff will be there - I'd advise you to install this "naked" drive into a free bay in your PC at the earliest opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardy Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Done all of that! Not arsed about the warranty, i just want my stuff back! But it isnt even recognised on a PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegtt Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 (edited) Connecting an IDE cable wont you have to map the drive? Edited July 27, 2007 by davegtt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Sorry about the delay in getting back, you may have to manipulate the jumpers on the drive, or your OS will not recognise it - it must be a slave drive. The other instructions were not very clear to the novice - try these - saves me from typing them out... >>>> IDE <<<< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 He doesn't have to //map the drive since it's not on a network. Well I'm assuming it's not on a network! I figure it's his local home PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegtt Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 True, but when I connected my last internal drive I had to tell the PC to give it a drive name and map it into its memory. Thats the only reason I mentioned it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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