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Need urgent help with """"initialising and establishing link" error

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/need-urgent-help-with-initialising-and-establishing-link-error.160486/

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chinmaya Original post #1
Jul 22, 2012 at 7:09 PM
guys i have a baracuda 500gb hdd. when i tried turning the computer on got this message ""initialising and establishing link"""and my computer is not able to detect the hdd. i tried connecting it with a external converter to my laptop. i can feel the platter running but even my laptop is not detecting it as a usb device. have some very important files and movies in it. i need the file badly. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cry: :cry:
d6bmg
d6bmg #2
Jul 23, 2012 at 12:16 AM
Bad HDD. RMA it.