I bought a western digital 320GHz hard drive in june 2006 from dabs and all was well until today ,when turning on ,instead of the worr it clicked 6 times . It now cannot be turned off by pressing button on front and its icon does not appear on desktop .if i unplug it and plug it in again it does the same. i stupidly put all my photos ,work,music (paid for) downloads on it and didn't back up most of the recent ones IS IT KERPUT ? CAN I RECOVER THE DATA ? WILL IT INVALIDATE MY WARRANTEE IF RECOVERY INVOLVES OPENING ? Please Help!! We put our most personal possessions in the trust of these fragile devices
First, I think you mean a 350 GB HD. Not being an ass, just had to point it out. More than likely you data is still ok, unless it prompts to format I would think it's still there. Did it come with a drivers disc or a software disc? If so, try reinstalling the drivers or software. And yes, opening the case will void the warrentee.
No it didnt come with drivers just plug and play I took it to a local shop and they said that they could send it away and retreve the data at a cost of £200
Try: Using a different port on the motherboard. Plugging it in to a different computer. Get the data and then reformat and start from scratch! And whatever you do do not pay thoose scum bags £20 to do it for you!! Lecsiy
