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External hard drive dropped and not working

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harish_21_10
harish_21_10 Original post #1
Apr 15, 2008 at 5:39 PM
I have an IOGEAR 160gb external hard drive,USB powered,which i dropped by mistake and since then its not getting detected...
When i connect it to the comp i get the beep once but the drives never show up...i can even feel the disk rotating in the hard drive when i hold it in my hand..have tried using it in other PC's too but no help...and yes the led light on the case does come ON as well..

I then opened up the case to see if there were any loose connections or crack on the hard drive but nothing to be found...the circuit board and the hard drive looked normal...and for the info. its an Western Digital hard drive in the case...

Now please help me with it..the hard was almost full hence there is lot of data in it and i need to recover it...what do i do with it now?:(
harish_21_10
Apr 16, 2008 at 7:41 PM
well any other advices other than me going for any service for it?and software to recover the data on it?
gopz
gopz #4
Apr 16, 2008 at 7:53 PM
If there is any physical damage to the internal circuitry, you cannot recover the data yourself, but experts can do it.

Try stellar.
BBThumbHealer
Apr 16, 2008 at 9:18 PM
+1 for Stellar .... U can also try Ontrack Easy Recovery ! :)
gaurav_indian
Apr 16, 2008 at 9:24 PM
If there is any physical damage to the internal circuitry, you cannot recover the data yourself, but experts can do it.

Try stellar.
Ofcourse we can recover the data.I have recovered it many times now.But for that the disk has to be detected first.
gopz
gopz #7
Apr 16, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Ofcourse we can recover the data.I have recovered it many times now.But for that the disk has to be detected first.

Dude ! Atleast read the post before replying!
harish_21_10
Apr 16, 2008 at 10:07 PM
i installed Stellar but it failed to detect the drive as well,even after the scan so no help from there...i am not sure if i was clear in my first post but i will repeat that my drive is not getting detected...
gaurav_indian
Apr 16, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Dude ! Atleast read the post before replying!

Ofcourse we can recover the data.I have recovered it many times now.But for that the disk has to be detected first.

:rolleyes:
harish_21_10
Apr 17, 2008 at 9:38 PM
yaar somebody help me here...pls....