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Sachmo12345
12-22-2003, 02:39 PM
my LaCie D2 160 GB hardrive died and i now have to reformat to get it to work and i will lose every movie that i got off of this great site

just a warning stay away from external hard drives
kramerman
12-22-2003, 02:42 PM
Ouch.. can't put it down to just having an external drive right? I've used some external firewire ones on a mac and they were pretty reliable from my usage. Anyways, hope you fill it up quickly.. heh
maalox
12-22-2003, 04:16 PM
Are you sure you should just immediately give up on it? If it has really important stuff on it send it to a data recovery place and they will dump everything off it for you. Also, what kind of a problem results in HD not working but a HD that will work after formatting?! I wouldn't rush in just yet.
fishfreek
12-22-2003, 04:50 PM
If the drive is really bad a reformat will not fix it. In my line of work I have had at least one drive fail from every maker there is out there. If it hasent happend to you yet then it will at some point.
Wide
12-22-2003, 05:42 PM
If the drive is really bad a reformat will not fix it.


Hope it will not be like that.. Its the worst thing about computers..
It happened me before.. I was really sad.. Solved with havin Fdisk..
AlienDB7
12-22-2003, 06:58 PM
If that doesn't work, can always try low level format.
sickx
12-22-2003, 07:31 PM
Data recovery = HUGE $$. We're talking several G's here, fellas. Probably not worth it if all you had was downloaded movies.

FWIW, stay CLEAR of all MAXTOR drives-- I have had 3 crash in the past year. Sure their customer service is good (they send you a new drive) but it doesn't help your data loss!
Western Digital has my vote of confidence from here on out...
Sachmo12345
12-23-2003, 12:40 AM
yea i called DiskSavers or something it would cost 600-3000$$$$$$$$!!!!!
levensnevel
12-23-2003, 12:54 AM
Well Sachmo,

I certainly hope that I'll never land myself in such a situation. I don't care bout the vids as all the other stuff like documents is much more important
Might sound pretty obvious but rule # 01 still is: always make periodical back-ups.
CD writers and writable CDRoms won't cost you an arm and a leg these days, at least not in Western Europe :roll:
But than again everybody always think: Why should I do that, my HD will never crash .. Untill you learn the hard way :shock:
Korny_kid71
12-23-2003, 01:38 AM
Data recovery = HUGE $$. We're talking several G's here, fellas. Probably not worth it if all you had was downloaded movies.

FWIW, stay CLEAR of all MAXTOR drives-- I have had 3 crash in the past year. Sure their customer service is good (they send you a new drive) but it doesn't help your data loss!
Western Digital has my vote of confidence from here on out...

LOL same here man cept its been my 4th (not counting all the formats), and it wusnt just a a virus, the coating on the disks inside the HD flaked of cuz of overheating lol so that blowz major ass... :( plus not to mention my burner broke down like a month ago... just goes to show you never buy an HP product or a Maxtor...
allan_leung
12-23-2003, 02:46 AM
I am pretty sure there is alot of recovery software out there..

Trying looking in google or maybe you could phone TechTV "call for help" for help..
BADMIHAI
12-23-2003, 08:55 AM
Korny_kid71, could you please change your avatar? It's really disturbing!!


back on topic: I also had to format my HDD in september, and lost all of Jeremy's DVD's and other great stuff....
Wide
12-23-2003, 09:02 AM
back on topic: I also had to format my HDD in september, and lost all of Jeremy's DVD's and other great stuff....


Rule #1 m8.. Recover everything on your hard drive..
Get bored of buyin Cds.. :roll:
fishfreek
12-23-2003, 09:16 AM
Only if the phyical surface of the drive is undamaged and the read heads are acutally operating will you be able to use a software based recovery method. If there is physical hardware reasons for it failing then the only way to recover the data is by a company like drivesavers.

Of course you could take the platters out of the drive and swap them with the platters of a working drive. :mrgreen:
blah
12-23-2003, 01:23 PM
I have a Maxtor 120 Gig , and it hasnt had problems, my PC is almost a year old, cooling is not a problem, i have the Thermal Case Xaser II
sickx
12-23-2003, 02:48 PM
I have a Maxtor 120 Gig , and it hasnt had problems, my PC is almost a year old, cooling is not a problem, i have the Thermal Case Xaser II

Yup...give your Maxtor a couple years--you'll see what we're talking about. Hopefully, you won't, as statistically you should be fine, but stay on top of those backups!!
blah
12-23-2003, 03:32 PM
a few years, ill will have upgraded to a WD Raptor hard drive.