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Old 14-08-2008, 05:36 PM
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I think my external HDD is dead...
I have a Maxtor 250Gb external HDD. When I plug it in either with firewire 400 or USB it is not mounting. The light flashes at the front but no drive is shown on my desktop. I can only assume it is kaput, but if anyone knows any way I can get it to work, or how I can get the files off, I'd greatly appreciate the advice.
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Old 14-08-2008, 05:51 PM
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Does it show up in diskutility? If not, it's likely it's just the case is "kaput" first. Swap the drive out to another case to test.
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Old 15-08-2008, 12:24 AM
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new_life: try a different computer. If still no joy, it could just be the enclosure that has failed you but the drive itself is intact -- transplanting the drive into a new case may do the trick for you, but if it still doesn't want to behave in a new case, then the drive is definitely very sick, possibly beyond the point of being able to recover anything.

If you're in Sydney (or prepared to pay postage) I can attempt recovery; I'm good, but I can't guarantee results. PM me if this appeals.
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