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Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT: Mi è caduto l'hard disk esterno, non funziona più!

Sat, 04 Jan 2025 10:55:16 -0700

qualche mese fa, mi è caduto dalle mani mentre lo riponevo in un cassetto, l'hard disk esterno wd elements, e ora quando lo collego al pc, fa qualche rumore meccanico e un bip sonoro, e non si apre più la cartella, il pc non lo legge.
Ho portato l'hard disk in un negozio di riparazione, ma mi ha chiesto 1000 euro con apertura dell'hard disk in camera bianca, con la possibilità di recupero dati con una parcentuale del 30%. Per ora l'ho riportato a casa, c'è qualcosa che posso fare io, trovare pezzi sostitutivi e montarli, oppure sapete se c'è quale azienda che li fa a meno prezzo, ecc... cosa devo fare?

⟐ Answered gennaio 04, 2025 at 10:55 GMT-7

Toshiba External HDD: HD pieno di foto non lo vede il pc

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 08:19:45 -0700

HD toshiba esterno pieno di colpo non viene più riconosciuto dal PC

⟐ Answer edited gennaio 31, 2022 at 8:19 GMT-7

Hard Drive: Come posso trovare un adattatore usb per il seagate momentus 5400.3?

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:21:47 -0700

CIao a tutti,

ho un problema: non riesco a trovare un adattatore per collegare l’hard disk del mio vecchio HP Pavillon DV che ha un attacco serial ata ma diverso dal solito:

Sapete dove posso trovare un adattatore usb o anche serial ata classico che possa andare bene per questo hard disk?

Grazie Mille

Luca

⟐ Answer accepted settembre 21, 2018 at 12:21 GMT-7

Hard Drive: How to recover files from broken toshiba HDD?

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:36:08 -0700

I have a toshiba HDD but it was broken, i just want to recover all my files. what will i do recover my files?

⟐ Answered novembre 28, 2024 at 5:36 GMT-7

Seagate Technology Hard Drive: My hard disk drive won't read though a few years ago it was just fine

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 23:31:36 -0700

My PC hard disk drive won't read even though it was OK a few years ago. I need to extract information. I have a working drive similar to it. How can I swap the reading mechanism like heads and everything besides the disks

⟐ Commented luglio 23, 2025 at 23:31 GMT-7

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAKX: Hdd is not getting detected

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 06:07:31 -0700

When i turn on the pc harddisk turns on and then turns off after 10-15 seconds. I want to recover my data from that disk. I tried to contact manufacturers of that disk but they say that disk is a copy and not a genuine one. I also tried to connect that drive to other pc but there also not getting detected

What should i do ?

That data is very much important to me. Please help

⟐ Answered settembre 27, 2024 at 6:07 GMT-7

Hard Drive: My Hard Drive is Dead

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:02:46 -0700

My hard drive is dead, not recognized in BIOS and does not make any sound, what should I do? Any way to get the files and pictures back from the Hard disk?

⟐ Commented dicembre 10, 2018 at 16:02 GMT-7

Seagate Technology Hard Drive: My hard disk drive keeps pepping but it doesn't show on my computer

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:19:40 -0700

my hard disk drive keeps pepping but it doesn't show on my computer

⟐ Answered settembre 25, 2025 at 10:19 GMT-7

Hitachi GST Deskstar HDS721010CLA332 Hard Drive: My hard disk not working

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:12:33 -0700

How can I open a hard disk to repair when it's damaged

⟐ Commented agosto 29, 2023 at 12:12 GMT-7

hard drive: Recommendations for where to shred a hard drive?

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:38:07 -0700

I have a small stack of dead hard drives I'd like to have shredded. I've found a few places online that provide that service, but the best quote I got was $10 a drive. I'm curious if anyone has any recommendation of anyone who provides the same service for a cheaper price.

(And I know I could just drill some holes in the drives, which is what I may end up doing, but I like the idea of total information destruction that shredding provides and I like the idea that they'll recycle the remains properly afterwards.)

⟐ Commented aprile 28, 2026 at 8:38 GMT-7

2.5" Toshiba SATA Hard Drive: Why is my toshiba sata hard driver not working

Sat, 19 Apr 2025 05:28:57 -0700

why is my hard disk not working when i connect it to external hard drive case

Hard Drive: Suddenly I can't save files on my external hard drive anymore!

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 22:03:41 -0700

I have Sony external hard drive HD-E2, and it was working fine; I could save files on it and copy files from it. But then, suddenly, I was only able to read from it. I find it odd since it was working great for almost 4 months.

My laptop is MacBook Pro.

However I started to have this problem after upgrading to El Capitan MacOS.

Could this be somehow related or relevant to the problem?

How to fix this problem?

⟐ Answered febbraio 24, 2022 at 22:03 GMT-7

Hard Drive: Seagate FireCuda SSHD vs Standard SSHD

Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:44:59 -0700

I am looking at the new Seagate FireCuda SSHD hard drives as a new standard to Mac Laptop and newer iMac hard drive replacement vs the standard which I have been using for a few years:

ST 100LM014 1 TB Internal 5400 RPM Laptop 2.5" SSHD Solid State Hybrid Drive

I have not found if it is backward compatible to SATA II or not.

I was wondering if anyone had experience with this in Macs?

http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-dri...

@danj @reecee @mactechplus

UPDATE 4/19/17

Has anyone tried these new drives I see ifixit is selling? They are very reasonably priced.

Toshiba OCZ SSD

[prodotto collegato mancante o disabilitato: IF107-135]

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⟐ Commented ottobre 21, 2019 at 13:44 GMT-7

Hard Drive: Is there a SATA drive in the WD Elements external HD?

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 04:14:55 -0700

I have a WD Elements 1 TB external hard drive. I would like to find out if it's a SATA drive in there, and more importantly, if I can pull this out of its external housing and put it into my computer.

The P/N is WDBAAU0010HBK-00.

⟐ Commented agosto 30, 2021 at 4:14 GMT-7

Hard Drive: dropped external hard drive making clicking noise recovery?

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 02:07:11 -0700

I dropped my external off of my tower , it still installs drivers but it does not read , is there a way to recover the hard drive or the information ?

⟐ Answered settembre 27, 2024 at 2:07 GMT-7

1.8" Toshiba Hard Drive: My hard drive is corrupted

Sat, 02 May 2026 10:53:18 -0700

When I connected a hard drive in my laptop my laptop performance is very slow. What can I do to fix it and recover my data?

⟐ Commented maggio 02, 2026 at 10:53 GMT-7

Hard Drive: Can HDDs operate upside down?

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:48:43 -0700

This may be stupid and obvious but, I have a hard drive that putting it in my desktop upside down would be better for cable management. would it work (reliably) upside down? it's probably a yes, but I'd rather not kill a perfectly good hard drive if not. (especially with data on it.)

@danj or @oldturkey03 I think you might know this.

⟐ Answer deleted luglio 16, 2018 at 14:48 GMT-7

Hard Drive: Compatibility in swapping out the PCB...

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 07:47:20 -0700

Hi all -

So I'm wondering if anyone has any knowledge about swapping out the PCB (printed circuit board) on 1.8" HDD....

I have this Samsung model (Samsung HS16VJX - 1.8" HDD 160GB) where the OEM PCB is a direct to USB port. I need a ZIF drive (yes, for an iPod) and found someone with a PCB for a Samsung HS081HA 80GB 1.8" ZIF Hard Drive. Thought about purchasing it and hoping for the best, but would prefer to have some confidence behind spending the money.

Let me know. Much appreciated!

Jason

⟐ Answered settembre 28, 2019 at 7:47 GMT-7

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAKX: I want to recover data from hard disk

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:59:11 -0700

I want to recover data from the hard disk but the problem is it can't detect in pc

⟐ Answered aprile 14, 2026 at 6:59 GMT-7

Hard Drive: Hard Drive Issues After My Laptop Died

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 12:12:10 -0700

Greetings everyone,

Original post summary:

My Toshiba C855-12L laptop dies, and I ended up with a BIOS-locked drive, which doesn’t accept either Master or user password (the very same password was used for both). I tried various software to try and diagnose and unlock the drive but had no success with it.

iFixit suggested I update my question, so here’s what I learned in the meantime:

· I need data extracted from the drive by any means necessary, excluding going to a Data Recovery Center. I don’t care about the drive itself, only the data.

· The drive doesn’t accept the passwords (the one password I use for absolutely everything) and power cycles after three incorrectly entered passwords.

· The drive is ATA Password protected, with the security level set to High (in which case it should accept either Master or the User password).

· I learned this by using several software solutions, like Victoria and mHDD.

· Neither of the aforementioned solutions helped me unlock the drive.

· When plugged externally, the Storage feature in Computer Management (Windows 10) acknowledges the drive, but doesn’t let the system initialize it. It also displays the drive as a single partition instead of two.

· Afterward, I learned that this particular model, the Toshiba Disk Drive MK5075GSX, suffers from firmware issues, so I have no idea how to address that without accessing the drive first.

So basically, apart from learning what type of lock was used to secure the drive and realizing that backups exist for a reason, I’m still stuck on square one. I need a pointer in the right direction or instructions on how to unlock the drive.

⟐ Commented agosto 19, 2023 at 12:12 GMT-7