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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

External Storage: come posso sistemare un hard disk esterno?

Fri, 26 May 2023 01:23:45 -0700

ho un hard disk esterno Toshiba che il PC non riconosce

⟐ Commented maggio 26, 2023 at 1:23 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

Solid State Drive: utility disco non riesce a formattare

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 15:47:46 -0700

Ho un disco interno ssd Crucial che usavo nel mio iMac e che da qualche tempo usavo come disco esterno collegato con un adattatore Usb 3 Sabrent. Il disco ha sempre funzionato sia fuori che dentro ma quando ho provato a collegarlo ad un iPad Air 3 attraverso l’adattatore Lightning usb-3, il disco, dopo essere comparso per un attimo su File di iPad, è scomparso. Da allora non riesco più a montarlo sul Finder di nessun mac. Utility disco riesce a vederlo ancora ma se cerco di formattarlo il processo si blocca mentre crea la mappa di partizioni, pare sia impossibile attivarlo. Ho provato anche con Disk Warrior riuscendo ad entrare qualche dato, ma il disco comunque non si può più formattare (Impossibile attivare “TM”. (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter errore 49153).

avete qualche idea?

⟐ Commented gennaio 30, 2021 at 15:47 GMT-7

Apple Disk II Floppy Disk Subsystem: I/O error del disco

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 01:42:28 -0700

Quando accendo l’Apple II+ con inserito nel drive, ad esempio, il diskette DOS 3.3, ma succede lo stesso anche con PRODOS, Pascal, …., il led del drive si accede, il drive “rulla” ma poi si ferma con un I/O error. Quale potrebbe essere un motivo? Come fare ad intervenire e recuperare un pezzo prestigioso del mio sistema Apple?

Solid State Drive: SSD compatibile con "MacBook air MID 2012" 13"

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 06:07:01 -0700

Salve,

potreste indicarmi un ssd da 128gb adatto per il mio Mac book air mid 2012 da 13”?

Purtroppo ne ho acquistato uno della crucial ma non risulta compatibile…

Numero di serie: C02K41BQDRVF

Grazie

⟐ Edited by author febbraio 29, 2020 at 6:07 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

External Storage: Internamente contiene una porta SerialATA?

Sun, 07 Jun 2015 20:01:30 -0700

Salve, volevo chiedere a riguardo di un hard disk esterno Toshiba di modello HDTB310EK3AA.

Ho intenzione di smontare il case esterno ed utilizzare l'hard disk contenuto come hard disk interno per Xbox 360.

Il modello precedente, HDTB110EK3BA sempre Toshiba, che ho già smontato, all'interno presentava un hard disk SerialATA ed un pezzo rimovibile che convertiva il SerialATA in USB 3.0.

Ciò che vi chiedo è se anche il modello HDTB310EK3AA è composto similmente o, come altri hard disk sempre Toshiba che ho smontato, presenta la porta USB 3.0 saldata direttamente sull'hard disk, rendendo impossibile l'uso come hard disk esterno.

Ve lo chiedo prima di aprirlo perchè, se all'interno non è come SerialATA, aprendolo lo rovinerei inutilmente.

Non sono riuscito a trovare altrove questa informazione, se saprete aiutarmi ve ne sarò grato.

⟐ Answer accepted giugno 07, 2015 at 20:01 GMT-7

Seagate Technology Hard Drive: Title: Accidentally plugged 25V Roborock H7 charger into 12V Seagate O

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:49:04 -0700

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Device: Seagate One Touch (Hub version)

The Issue: I accidentally used the power adapter from my Roborock H7 Handheld Vacuum to power my Seagate One Touch external desktop drive.

The Specs Mismatch:

Seagate Requirement: 12V / 1.5A - 3A
Roborock H7 Charger Output: 25.6V / 1.4A
Result: I sent more than double the required voltage into the drive.

Current Status: The drive is currently unplugged. I am worried about the internal controller board or the drive motor being fried. I haven't tried plugging it into my computer yet because I’m afraid of a short circuit damaging my PC's USB ports.

My Questions for the Community:

Is there a high likelihood that the TVS (Transient Voltage Suppression) diode on the HDD's PCB sacrificed itself?
Should I attempt to "shuck" the drive (remove it from the Seagate enclosure) and try connecting the internal SATA drive directly to a PC or a different SATA-to-USB adapter?
If the PCB on the hard drive itself is burnt, is a DIY board swap possible, or does the BIOS chip need to be moved to a donor board?

Any guidance on how to test the internal drive safely without risking my computer would be greatly appreciated!

⟐ Answered aprile 15, 2026 at 1:49 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

SanDisk Cruzer Blade: The cruzer blade is rot read by my computer and pc

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:26:10 -0700

I inject the drive in the USB socket. It shows the USB drive is there but any files of the cruzer blade do not open.

⟐ Answer edited aprile 13, 2026 at 9:26 GMT-7

WD 4TB My Passport Portable: My hard drive showing in my computer but unable to read data

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:55:14 -0700

My hard drive showing in my computer but unable to access it need solution to resolve it without losing data

⟐ Answered aprile 13, 2026 at 4:55 GMT-7

Storage: An nvme ssd suddenly became unstable out of nowhere

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:39:15 -0700

-Device: Dell Latitude E5470

-Drive: Kingmax PQ3480 512GB (72% health left and 0 Media Integrity Errors)

So I was recently playing a decently light game that requires not so much writes for the ssd then out of nowhere a YSOD(Yellow Screen of Death) flashed my screen for a sec then my laptop rebooted.
After that,it showed "No boot device found" as I remembered, it also disappeared in the UEFI/BIOS .I have to re-seat / do a cold boot in order for it to show up again tho I cant log in Window at that moment (I can sometime access the lock screen until a few secs later , a BSOD with the error code WHEA... happened . Same goes with Safe mode).
However,I can still access the drive through a rescue usb(WinPE boot environment) and do light tasks on it.But the moment I start doing some loads on it like testing its speed using Victoria , it disappeared in the eyes of WinPE.It finds it again after a restart.
I thought it might be something with the heat so I directly blowed my fan into it and it was able to boot into Safe mode and even Window,I even successfully ran a chkdsk and it found no problems.(Note that the ssd ran perfectly fine even under loads before the incident)
Sadly my laptop didnt have a built-in heatsink for the ssd and Im running on a budget rn so I cant buy a new ssd.I have backed up my files to be prepared for the worst.

(the ssd still cant log into Window without a direct fan blowing at its face,I also noticed that the ssd is quite hot after some (2) failed boots and WinRE. The power chip might be leaking? idk)

Im a student and I really need this ssd.Hope someone out there could help me with this:P

⟐ Answer accepted aprile 11, 2026 at 18:39 GMT-7

Western Digital My Passport: It is no longer sharing the debt that is inside of it. How do I fix th

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:03:24 -0700

It’s no longer sharing the data inside of it

⟐ Answer edited aprile 10, 2026 at 11:03 GMT-7

Western Digital My Passport: How do I get data off?

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:36:22 -0700

The drive shows up on my computer, I can access it, but when I try to pull it off it goes EXTREMELY slow and I get an error. I need help.

⟐ Answered aprile 09, 2026 at 4:36 GMT-7

Hard Drive: How do I convert my hard drive from Raw to NTFS

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:14:41 -0700

Hi guys, my harddrive is now RAW, how do i convert it back to NTFS, I have been using a software called HDD Regenerator, its been a week still regenerating. Currently it has scanned 777mb out of 320gig.. Kindly assist with a software that is fast.

⟐ Answer accepted aprile 08, 2026 at 13:14 GMT-7

Western Digital WD1600 External Hard Drive: The dsik can be detected but cannot read

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:18:13 -0700

Western digital external harddrive 2 Terabyte can be detected but cannot read

⟐ Answered aprile 07, 2026 at 23:18 GMT-7

Western Digital My Passport Ultra: Prying open hard drive

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:19:27 -0700

Hello - the actual external hard drive I have is a Western Digital easystore 2TB hard drive. The reason I chose the My Passport Ultra is because its practically the same size, form and shape as the easystore EXHD I have. Unfortunately earlier this year when I was getting my new computer all setup, I dropped this hard drive of mine on the floor as it was on top of the CPU. Now, the hard drive just makes a clicking noise every time I plug it in. I wanted to see if there was a way I can extricate the hard drive itself from the case and use a recovery reader I have . However, it seems impossible to do with no way to slither my way through the edge of the hard drive casing.

Thank you

-Jordan

⟐ Answered aprile 06, 2026 at 10:19 GMT-7

USB Flash Drive: Pendrive does not showing in drive

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:13:13 -0700

I have hp 16gb pendrive. When I put in my laptop, the pendrive is not showing in drive , when i tried to open it the computer give me msg " insert a disk" ,also tried to put it in tv but same it was not opened,

how can I open it ?

⟐ Commented marzo 31, 2026 at 23:13 GMT-7

Western Digital My Book 2020: How can I replace the USB Port after being damaged

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:18:36 -0700

My MyBook fell to the floor right where the USB connector plugs into the USB port. It has no symptoms of hard drive damage but I believe it needs a new connection port that is unique.

⟐ Answer edited marzo 26, 2026 at 1:18 GMT-7