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Dropped hard drive
Name: Kpuly Date: July 13, 2009 at 14:25:40 Pacific OS: Windows XP sp3 Subcategory: Hard Drives
Comment:
I dropped my external 1tb on the floor. The hard drive was off when it was dropped. My problem is that most of the files i have on it have missing parts to them so if i play a movie it pauses and stops at random times. Is there any way of my fixing this without spending any money? The drive in question ---http://www.acomdata.com/pureDrive_firewire.asp
Name: Kurt S Date: July 13, 2009 at 14:39:13 Pacific
Reply:
Nope, it's damaged permanently. Grab the files off of it before the drive completely quits.
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Response Number 2
Name: Outlander Date: July 13, 2009 at 18:18:38 Pacific
Reply:
Copy the files off of it that you can, Zero fill the drive a few times and low-level it. If there are still bad spots, then not much you can do. Be more careful.
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