WD 320gb external hdd not working?

millz777

millz777

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Hi!
well this is what happened, i opened it (i so shudnt have) to see how its connected inside, i got curious and i geuss that must be why it doesnt work anymore?

basically i removed the case, saw how it was connected, disconnected it, connected it again and now it doesnt work, ive tried a numourous amount of times but still doesnt work!

any help is thanked in advance

ps. HI! im new and hope to stay a long time on this forum =]


EDIT: i didnt want to bump the thread so ill add it here,
i hate the feeling when you break something you baught just a few months ago and you have to hide it so you dont get told off -__-
 
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bump, i really need help, i have sooo much work on there (college coursework),
i think the problem is the little connecter thing that connects the power and usb to the hard drive??

dont know what its called?

thanks in advance
 
This is make and model though with a pic

My Book Essential Edition
External Hard Drive
320 GB, USB 2.0
Model: WDH1U3200

pic below

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ill post pics of the inside and connection when i get home
 
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any help PLEASE?

i have tonnes of photos of my family and it would be really crappy if i cudnt get them off!
 
You could try just mounting this drive internally. It will work - provided you have SATA ports available on your motherboard. If not, I would suggest something like this.
 
Yeah, assuming you have a free SATA connection on your motherboard and an SATA power connector I would just plug it in internally to get everything off. Or to at the very least to know if it's the drive that's failed or something else.
 
well i use my laptop mostly (latitude d630) so i wouldn't be able to use that in any way, but i have a desktop although i don't know whether it has a sata connector internally, the motherboard is an Asus p4r800-VM.

and Zatharus i cant use that as i live in the UK and don't have any plug adapters lying around lol do you think there's a UK version?

thanks guys
 
thanks a lot guys, big help!
if i get that new hard drive enclosure and it doesn't work then i guess i'm screwed LOL =]
 
millz777 said:
what exactly do they do that we cant do? :P
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I was referring to a forensic analysis/recovery service. If your physical drive is not working at all, there are several things that such services can do that most people would shudder at. For instance, they can remove the drive platters and put them in another system to read and recover the data off it. And, if a drive is extremely damaged, they can even go bit by bit over the entire platter's surface with an electron microscope to attempt to read the data.

I would not recommend attempting this yourself unless you want to pay for such a service in the long run or just don't care about the drive any more. Since you already pulled apart the drive's case, and it is not working (probably just the interface), do not pull apart the drive itself! ;)

...though the innards are pretty cool... :D
 
Zatharus said:
I was referring to a forensic analysis/recovery service. If your physical drive is not working at all, there are several things that such services can do that most people would shudder at. For instance, they can remove the drive platters and put them in another system to read and recover the data off it. And, if a drive is extremely damaged, they can even go bit by bit over the entire platter's surface with an electron microscope to attempt to read the data.

I would not recommend attempting this yourself unless you want to pay for such a service in the long run or just don't care about the drive any more. Since you already pulled apart the drive's case, and it is not working (probably just the interface), do not pull apart the drive itself! ;)

...though the innards are pretty cool... :D
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Please STOP LOL im starting to get tempted to open it up haha xD
 
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