Hard drive shorted out?
DoctorGeo2008
Flint, MI
I have a WD 500 gb hard drive that is only a year old. I bought this drive to use as a main network storage for my household computers. Well, the other day the drive just stopped. No warning, no nothing. At first I thought it was the external enclosure but now I know it's not. I added the drive to my desktop and the computer wouldn't turn on. I thought that was weird and double checked everything. Nope, no power. I unplugged the power from the drive without unplugging the data cable and the computer booted right up. I tried this on two other computers and the same thing. So, I'm quite sure this is an electrical problem and there is no way for me to access the data. And guess what... my back up system that I was using stopped working about 2 months ago!! Of course I didn't know that until this drive stopped!! Anyway, I've been checking on data recovery and it isn't cheap!! Can anyone offer up some ideas? No need to recommend a new back up system, I'm already aware.
Thanks!
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