HDD Problem

Hunter 0.00

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This is what happened.

Theres a table right next to my bed. My laptop is there and so is my EHDD (External Hard Drive). The USB cord is really short, like maybe 2 feet at the most. The EHDD sits on the table behind my laptop.

I have lots of shows and movies on my EHDD. I had finished watching a show and go to watch another one. I go to set my laptop on my bed when I forgot how short the USB cord was. The EHDD falls off my table and hits the floor.

I had plugged the power cord back in (came out when it fell) but when my EHDD turns on, it making the buzzing sound like a transformer (if anyone knows what that is) and it beeps.

I'm pretty sure the hard disk is loose, I've tilt it and you can feel the hard disk vibrate and it makes a weird noise. Only when it's tilt on the side. When I plug my EHDD in, it won't recognize it, probably because the the disk is loose.

I want to take the cover off the fix the disk and put I don't have a tore x screw driver. I have one but it's to big.

I don't wanna take it to a computer shop because the computer teches around here are pretty lousy. I only know one place where I usually take my stuff but every time I went there, I've usually have more problems then I did before I took it in.
 
Hard drives are not meant to be dropped. However the drive may still be good while something else was damaged from the fall.

Many of the external HDs can be removed from the casing and installed internally in a desktop and work there for data retrieval. That would be one way to see if the drive itself is still good or the heads were also damaged from the fall.
 
find a good screwdriver and open it up. if you cant get anywhere from inside there then take it to the tech place you normally go to or w/e. if they cant help you then you pretty much wrecked your hard drive.

buy a longer cable next time lol
 
One other thought since you are working with a laptop would be getting another external usb enclosure if you find the drive is a standard 3 1/2" model. The buzzing sound suggests the 12v card inside or ac to 12v converter was damaged. But the news will likely be bad regardless.
 
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