120 GB external hardisk problem. uergent pls help!!

[legolas]

Hi guys,

it was working very fine til 2 hrs back. my 120 GB sleek external hardisk. Its been only a month since i got it. I think i can therefore replace it, it should be under warranty... my concern is to take the data from it... i have arnd 80 GB of data in it! damn... when i connect the usb, it starts to make the typical noisy sound of reading... and it detects the usb... but cudnt read from the drive i guess... it keeps on reading. what shall i do? i need the data.... pls suggest me some solutions!

thks,
legolas

 

[ajayashish]

have u tried any other computer ... i mean see if same problem happens in other computer as well or not

 

[legolas]

no i have not. but how wud it make a difference?

/legolas

have u tried any other computer ... i mean see if same problem happens in other computer as well or not

 

[ajayashish]

it be due to some reason it is not working on ur PC... this is wierd but once a HDD was not being detected in my PC and i took that to my friends home which got detected there and i formatted that and brought back and it is working fine still today after 1 yr

 

[legolas]

I got my hardisk exchanged in minutes! cudnt back up the data though. thks guys nyways.

ok. i can try that a bit later today. thks for the suggestion. i hope it works!

/legolas
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