OH NOES! External HD help - Page 2

**9876543210** · April 27th, 2013, 09:43 PM

immatell,

Sometimes its hard to tell if the electronics have failed in the HD or the case. Which is why you try flipping a known good case with a known good HD (and vice versa). That way you can narrow down the problem. If you have access to a desktop you can temporarily install the HD to the cables inside the case and, if the desktop recognizes the HD, then you know the case is the problem. Pitch it and buy another.

So it seems you've tried all that with no joy. If so, then just go get another external case and HD. I've had pretty good luck with Seagate drives and Coolmax cases. I think I have one of these:

http://www.coolmaxusa.com/productDet...tegory=3.5SATA

and, so far, its worked pretty well. I see Walmart has them for about $25. Hard drives still haven't come down very much but you might be able to find a used one for reasonable.

Good luck.

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Originally Posted by immatell

yes, 3.5 no OS, and half way through windows installation it started hanging again.

I have second identical hd, so i just switched the case/connection port thinking that may help. i don't have a desktop computer, and i ran check disk on the drive and had no errors. I assume it checked the entire disk, which is a bit surprising since i can't access everything myself without it hanging and resetting, but yeah nothing. Also put it through a few tests with various recovery programs.

Most Verbatim drives come with software called Green Button. Which allows you to suspend the disk automatically or manually. One thing though is that if you lose internet connection, it also suspends the disk which i guess is the only explanation.

Really appreciate all the help from everybody. Seems like a dead issue though.

immatell · April 28th, 2013, 04:39 AM

I've heard good things about Seagate, so i think i'll give them a try. Thanks again for your help.

As a final effort, i've put my drive in the freezer. It'll be ready in a few hours

**lagerlout** · April 29th, 2013, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by immatell

I've heard good things about Seagate, so i think i'll give them a try. Thanks again for your help.

As a final effort, i've put my drive in the freezer. It'll be ready in a few hours

Stay away from the go-flex range I had three go in two months
Google them and you will see they call them plastic coffins . They have massive heat problems

immatell · April 29th, 2013, 02:37 AM

I was looking at the Backup Plus range, seem to be getting decent reviews.

By the way, freezer trick kind of works. I've managed to grab a few more files that i previously couldn't access. The transfer rate is extremely slow, but the drive hasn't reset so far.

**lagerlout** · April 29th, 2013, 03:57 AM

One other thing I couldn't get the extender drives to work with torrenting

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April 28th, 2013, 04:39 AM	#12
immatell Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 71 Thanks: 357 Thanked 2,507 Times in 72 Posts	I've heard good things about Seagate, so i think i'll give them a try. Thanks again for your help. As a final effort, i've put my drive in the freezer. It'll be ready in a few hours

April 29th, 2013, 02:37 AM	#14
immatell Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 71 Thanks: 357 Thanked 2,507 Times in 72 Posts	I was looking at the Backup Plus range, seem to be getting decent reviews. By the way, freezer trick kind of works. I've managed to grab a few more files that i previously couldn't access. The transfer rate is extremely slow, but the drive hasn't reset so far.