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moka
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posted on 7th Apr 09 at 09:51 |
even if you do get it working... i would never store stuff on it for fear of losing it!
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willay
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posted on 6th Apr 09 at 11:21 |
check dmesg on Ubuntu when you plug the non clicking one in. Paste the output here (file->applications->terminal<enter> dmesg <enter>) and we can have a gander.
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Andrew
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posted on 5th Apr 09 at 22:58 |
Chucked on ubuntu which will not read the drive, MacBook will not read the drive and Windows locks up all the time when the drive is plugged in. Even booted the machine off a CD running Partition Magic but that could not read the drive either.
Tried taking the drive out the caddy and connected it up via IDE. Couldn't access the MBR on my main drive then.
It's officially fucked :lol:
I'll test the caddy later this week with another IDE drive just to check that is ok before my mate purchases another drive.
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James_DT
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posted on 5th Apr 09 at 16:29 |
We had a drive like that at work.
The drive passed all the diagnostics as healthy, but if you plugged it in as a second drive in a working machine, Windows crashed at boot. We connected it using a SATA to USB adapter and it would blue screen when you plugged it in even in safe mode. We fixed it in the end by booting a Knoppix Live! CD and running ntfsfix on the drive.
Run SeaTools or something similar on it to check it's healthy, and if it is, give Knoppix a shot.
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Andrew
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posted on 5th Apr 09 at 07:15 |
One of my mates has given me a couple of external hard drives he has broke.
One clicks so assume that is fucked, but the other one sounds perfect and kind of works. Windows detects the new device but doesn't display a drive. When you go into Disk Management the PC just hangs untill you pull out the USB cable.
I've not touched anything like this before. Usually i'd just throw away the drive but he'd like them repaied if possible. No idea why, think he would rather piss money up the wall.
Anyone used any tools before?
As i cannot see a drive, chkdsk is no use.
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