Need Computer Help

00vabchgt · January 4th, 2008, 05:30 PM

hey guys, i've got a problem with my 80G external hard drive. it's making this weird clicking noise, and my computer doesn't recognize that the drive is connected at all. all my music is on that drive. is it fucked? i suspect that it is. i've tried disconnecting and reconnecting it, but it just does the same thing. all it does is click, then make sounds like it's trying to operate properly. if it's toast, is there any way i can recover the data on it to transfer to a new hard drive?

mpboy · January 4th, 2008, 05:32 PM

SATA? or IDE

tsp_2177 · January 4th, 2008, 05:34 PM

externals are usb

00vabchgt · January 4th, 2008, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by mpboy

SATA? or IDE

no speaky computer...
but it is external and it's connected by USB...

mpboy · January 4th, 2008, 05:37 PM

ohhhh. when u reeboot your computer (on mine its F2) hit it and go to diagnostic mode

tsp_2177 · January 4th, 2008, 05:37 PM

sata = serial ata (newer style in desktop computers)
ide = the older ribbon style connection in desktops
but i dont think they measure externals by that...

tsp_2177 · January 4th, 2008, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by mpboy

ohhhh. when u reeboot your computer (on mine its F2) hit it and go to diagnostic mode

external no need to go into the bios

tsp_2177 · January 4th, 2008, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by 00vabchgt

no speaky computer...
but it is external and it's connected by USB...

it sounds like its bad to me
but i would wait and know for sure by other people.
if so i've heard you can put em in the freezer for a while and sometimes they work for long enough to get your info off of

last ditch effort maybe?

00vabchgt · January 4th, 2008, 05:56 PM

weird. it just unfucked itself. don't know how, but it's working now. okay, so, new question. what would be the easiest way for me to transfer data from this external to another one?
i'll probably just hit Best Buy this weekend and pick up a new (bigger) one...

HMUSN · January 4th, 2008, 06:03 PM

usb thumb drive

tsp_2177 · January 4th, 2008, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by 00vabchgt

weird. it just unfucked itself. don't know how, but it's working now. okay, so, new question. what would be the easiest way for me to transfer data from this external to another one?
i'll probably just hit Best Buy this weekend and pick up a new (bigger) one...

just plug em both into the computer and clicj and drag everything in there?
some brands come with an auto back up feature simpletech has that i think. you could check into that

00vabchgt · January 4th, 2008, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by HMUSN

usb thumb drive

duh. okay, now i feel like a freaking idiot. i don't know why i didn't think of that...
i've got like 10 gigs of music and about 20 gigs of porn i need to save. not so worried about the porn as much as the music...

tsp_2177 · January 4th, 2008, 06:07 PM

biggest usb is like 8 i think, and thier as expensive as a pretty nice external....

00vabchgt · January 4th, 2008, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by tsp_2177

just plug em both into the computer and clicj and drag everything in there?
some brands come with an auto back up feature simpletech has that i think. you could check into that

the main idea behind the question was how to save the data if i couldn't access it on the computer. for a little while (about 30 min), my computer didn't recognize that the drive was connected, and all that time it was making that weird clicking noise. then all of a sudden, it just stopped and the drive popped up on "My Computer"...
thanks for the help guys, rep coming your way...

ChrisJ · January 4th, 2008, 06:37 PM

Pull your $hit off that drive bro...

Its crashing...

00vabchgt · January 4th, 2008, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by ChrisJ

Pull your off that drive bro...

Its crashing...

yeah, that's what i figured. i'm gonna hit up Best Buy this weekend and get a new HDD and just transfer all my files to the new one...

00vabchgt · January 4th, 2008, 07:29 PM

i just looked at the Best Buy website. what do you guys think of these?

ChrisJ · January 4th, 2008, 09:14 PM

Bro its a drive for ya know but the Comp USA on Jefferson is going out of business and I was there today and they have some KILLER DEALS on stuff...You might want to check them out...

ChrisJ · January 4th, 2008, 09:15 PM

Those are over-priced...

I can get them cheaper...

00vabchgt · January 4th, 2008, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by ChrisJ

Bro its a drive for ya know but the Comp USA on Jefferson is going out of business and I was there today and they have some KILLER DEALS on stuff...You might want to check them out...

i'll actually be passing up that way tomorrow on my way to Gloucester, so i'll probably swing by.
Good looking out, bro...

January 4th, 2008, 05:34 PM	#3
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January 4th, 2008, 05:37 PM	#6
tsp_2177 Hardcore Enthusiast 2005 Civic GAY! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 1,880	sata = serial ata (newer style in desktop computers) ide = the older ribbon style connection in desktops but i dont think they measure externals by that... __________________ slow car member twinky times two the stangs gone pypes mid muffler catback with their X-pipe In the top 20 cool peoples list on MM potsticker in training

January 4th, 2008, 06:07 PM	#13
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