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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 17, 2014 5:05:14 GMT
I just went to plug the usb cord into my external hard drive and the little plug bit that you stick the cord into broke off and fell inside the EHD! WTH do I do now? I have all of my photos from 2002 onwards on that thing, plus P365 and PL for the last 5 years. Most of the photos are also on CDs but a lot of the earlier CDs are past their shelf life, and I haven't burnt any photos to DVDs at all in almost a year. I figured they'd be safer on the EHD.
Has this happened to anyone? I hope I can retrieve stuff otherwise....... I'll be very very sad.
There go my plans of working on PL this afternoon.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 17, 2014 5:10:26 GMT
Don't worry, Google is my friend, I've just found a You Tube video on how to fix it.
Wish me luck!
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Post by lumo on Aug 17, 2014 5:11:26 GMT
Luck!!
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Post by tracylynn on Aug 17, 2014 5:12:56 GMT
Good luck! I would assume that this is retrievable for sure! Love google!
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 17, 2014 5:47:33 GMT
Ooops. The video told me to unscrew and remove the panel - check! Take the HD out of the cover - check! So far so good, I'm a freakin IT guru. Remove the screw that holds the adaptor board to the HD - check! Remove 2 screws in order to connect the drive to an e(something something can't read the white text against the white background) docking station.... WHAT?!?!?! WHY DIDN'T YOU MENTION THAT I NEEDED AN E-SOMETHING SOMETHING DOCKING STATION BEFORE I PULLED THE DAMN THING APART?  WHATEVER IT IS - I DON'T HAVE ONE! Ring ring...... Brother darling, can you please come over and fix my hard drive...... I'll make you a cinnamon tea cake?! |
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Post by gar on Aug 17, 2014 7:25:29 GMT
Oh I hope you get it fixed! I'm totally helpless and hopeless with stuff like that.....hopefully your brother can work some magic  |
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 17, 2014 7:29:14 GMT
Phew! One hour and 12 cinnamon cupcakes later, my broken external hard drive is now a fully operational internal hard drive.
Thanks bro!
And now I am going to finish backing up this year's photos to DVD.
Nothing like a scare to remind you to back up!
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Post by gar on Aug 17, 2014 7:30:16 GMT
Yay! It is scary isn't it!
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Post by Mystie on Aug 17, 2014 7:38:39 GMT
Whew! Thank goodness for smart brothers! (Not that you're not smart in your own way...LOL!) Glad you were able to salvage your stuff!
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 17, 2014 8:21:25 GMT
Eeek! Good luck.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 17, 2014 10:07:13 GMT
Ooops. The video told me to unscrew and remove the panel - check! Take the HD out of the cover - check! So far so good, I'm a freakin IT guru. Remove the screw that holds the adaptor board to the HD - check! Remove 2 screws in order to connect the drive to an e(something something can't read the white text against the white background) docking station.... WHAT?!?!?! WHY DIDN'T YOU MENTION THAT I NEEDED AN E-SOMETHING SOMETHING DOCKING STATION BEFORE I PULLED THE DAMN THING APART? WHATEVER IT IS - I DON'T HAVE ONE! Ring ring...... Brother darling, can you please come over and fix my hard drive...... I'll make you a cinnamon tea cake?! Now at that stage here it would be ring, ring......Son darling can you come and fix my IT issues for me, I'll make you a chocolate cake!!  Pleased he was able to fix it for you, the feeling that you may have lost a lot of photo's etc., on a drive is not good to say the least! |
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Post by ljs1691 on Aug 17, 2014 10:32:31 GMT
So glad to hear it is fixed. I had a computer crash a couple years ago and even when you have a back up, it is scary. Our lives are essentially trapped inside computers these days.
What I want to know? Is the recipe for this Cinnamon Tea Cake on the Recipes board? Seems to me if it is good enough to get your computer issues fixed, then we will need to try it ourselves.
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Post by melissak on Aug 17, 2014 10:47:50 GMT
Glad your brother was able to fix your HD!
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Post by lindah on Aug 17, 2014 11:13:27 GMT
So glad you got it fixed. We surely don't want to lose all our precious photos! I am in the process of backing all mine up as well.
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Post by ddly on Aug 17, 2014 15:09:51 GMT
Glad you got it fixed! Phew!
Lisa D.
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Post by Judy26 on Aug 17, 2014 16:44:02 GMT
I feel your pain. The IT guys at my school are my heroes. I keep them well stocked in snickerdoodles.
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WHATEVER IT IS - I DON'T HAVE ONE!
