I recently am having problems with my Western Digital "My Book" external hard drave where my computer doesn't recognize it. The problem is that I have 10,000 MP3 files on it that I'd like to recover and transfer to another external drive if I can. One company says they can do it for $600.00. Does anyone have any ideas I can try before I make this plunge?
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How old is it? They usually have a good warranty and some times will transfer files. -
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The warrentee is off, it's almost 6 yrs old. I was just wondering if anyone experienced this and had ideas before I crack my piggy bankI may be wrong, but I doubt it.Comment
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I had a Seagate one do the same thing. Luckily for me there wasn't anything on there that I didn't have stored elsewhere.
As far as I know, there's no fix to get your PC to recognize it, but you can have the data transferred off either from the company or via Geek Squad.I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. - Douglas Adams
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You can try opening up the enclosure and usually it is a standard or slim hard drive in there. Then you can just connect it to you computer if you aren't using a laptop.Comment
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My WD drive did the same thing. I ended up getting a new one, but it pissed me off.Samsung PN60F8500 PDP / Anthem MRX 720 / Klipsch RC-62 II / Klipsch RF-82 II (x2) / Insignia NS-B2111 (x2) / SVS PC13-Ultra / SVS SB-2000 / Sony MDR-7506 Professional / Audio-Technica ATH-R70x / Sony PS3 & PS4 / DirecTV HR44-500 / DarbeeVision DVP-5000 / Panamax M5400-PM / Elgato HD60Comment
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This is a good idea, it's possible the controller inside the enclosure has gone bad and not the drive itself. I've had this happen on a couple of enclosures over the years.
Something like this makes for an excellent (not to mention handy) diagnostic tool to have around.
(not necessarily this specific one, there are a million cheap ones out there that do the same thing)Member of The OS Baseball Rocket Scientists AssociationComment
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