[HLUG] external hard drive recovery

[Julian Robbins]

Mark Broadbent wrote:
> Hi George,
>
> 2008/8/7 dicegeorge at hotmail dot com <dicegeorge at hotmail.com>:
>   
>> my new 1TB Maxtor external hard drive
>> fell off my desk whilst backing up,
>> now it whirrs and green lights
>> but neither computer nor windows nor ubuntu detect it....
>>     
>
> I suggest that whirring is not a good sign!  I suspect that'll be
> damaged bearings or the read/write head dragging on the disk.  I
> suggest that if the disk cannot be detected at all then the disk is
> all but dead and to just give it up.
>   
It *could* possibly be part of circuitry, or connection rather than the 
drive itself, but it doesnt sound good ....

Julian


> Sorry I can't be of more help.
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
>