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Im looking for a portable external usb hard drive to hold movies.
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I would avoid Iomega like the plague. I have a 500gb that was full that died about two weeks after I bought it.
Have had pretty good luck with the Fantom drives. Still, on one of my Fantom drives, there is a "sector" that is inaccessible. The rest of the drive works and I can store data. None of my drives are old. Nevertheless, I have learned the hard way that external drives fail pretty regularly. In my experience, they have been far more unstable than internal drives.
I would recommend using Norton Ghost, True Image or a similar program to keep regular back ups of any external drives. Never paid much attention to backing anything up before, but I learned the hard way and have lost a lot of files, music, and video. My two cents ...
I would avoid Iomega like the plague. I have a 500gb that was full that died about two weeks after I bought it.
Have had pretty good luck with the Fantom drives. Still, on one of my Fantom drives, there is a "sector" that is inaccessible. The rest of the drive works and I can store data. None of my drives are old. Nevertheless, I have learned the hard way that external drives fail pretty regularly. In my experience, they have been far more unstable than internal drives.
I would recommend using Norton Ghost, True Image or a similar program to keep regular back ups of any external drives. Never paid much attention to backing anything up before, but I learned the hard way and have lost a lot of files, music, and video. My two cents ...
HELP. I DROPPED MY DADS BUFFALO 500GB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE?
Duncan
ok ok, it was sitting on the cpu about 2 feet from the floor.
i accidentally kneed it when i turned around and it dropped.
and now the light thats supposed to be green wont work.
when i plug it, it turns on for 5 seconds then turns off
and its making silent buzzing sounds inside.
how do i fucking fix this? heeelppp please
im gunna get fucking grounded :(
here is what it is
http://www.prlog.org/10163742-buffalo-drivestation-500gb-usb-20-external-hard-drive-hd-ce500u2.jpg
thanks guys for the answers,
but is there anything positive that i
can get from this?
bcoz im in deep shit
can i get it fixed? or does my dad
has to buy a new 150$ hard drive..?
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1. U beta hope & pray ur dad doesnt keep any important back-up data on it, if so its not some much the end of the world as u can take it to a pro (Computer store) and they can do a data recovery for you.
2. When you say the green light comes on for 5 seconds then goes off?, Is the computer on when you do this or is it off?, usually the device isnt going to run unless you turn the pc on, turn on the pc and try access the hard drive, there might be nothing wrong with it (Might = 50/50% chance).
3. The buzzing sound could mean the devise is try to reboot, Plug it in like it was in before, turn off all the power including the power to the pc and then turn it all on again. might fix it.
4. Physical harddisc reader inside is stuffed, Have to do some explaining, then assure him that it can be fixed at a computer specialist store, they might be able to recover ur data, but u might have to buy a new device for him...
if you have to buy a new one or he goes and buys a new one please avoid this kinda thing from happening agin by purchasing a Transcend one like this one (below), Called a "StoreJet 25M" comes in sizes 250GB to 750GB.
http://www.hardwaresphere.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/transcend-storejet-18m-portable-external-hard-drive.jpg
(Happened to me)
1. U beta hope & pray ur dad doesnt keep any important back-up data on it, if so its not some much the end of the world as u can take it to a pro (Computer store) and they can do a data recovery for you.
2. When you say the green light comes on for 5 seconds then goes off?, Is the computer on when you do this or is it off?, usually the device isnt going to run unless you turn the pc on, turn on the pc and try access the hard drive, there might be nothing wrong with it (Might = 50/50% chance).
3. The buzzing sound could mean the devise is try to reboot, Plug it in like it was in before, turn off all the power including the power to the pc and then turn it all on again. might fix it.
4. Physical harddisc reader inside is stuffed, Have to do some explaining, then assure him that it can be fixed at a computer specialist store, they might be able to recover ur data, but u might have to buy a new device for him...
if you have to buy a new one or he goes and buys a new one please avoid this kinda thing from happening agin by purchasing a Transcend one like this one (below), Called a "StoreJet 25M" comes in sizes 250GB to 750GB.
http://www.hardwaresphere.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/transcend-storejet-18m-portable-external-hard-drive.jpg
(Happened to me)
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