OH GOD NO

OH GOD NO
My LaCie external 500GB drive is buzzing and can't be seen by my PC
Is it ded?
I can't take it to a data repair place because it contains my Sup Forums folder. Wat do? Is it at all possible to repair this myself? Im not completely stupid but I have never done anything like this before.

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sorry Sup Forums, its fucked.

meant Sup Forumsro, but im a bit drunk

I would also like to know if a computer restarts during a hard drive copying files and it says io read right error after that what can you do to copy all the contents to a new hard drive or computer? It can be plugged in but not copied currently (Not op but understand and lold at his goblins 2 gif reference)

It's more of a beep than a buzz. I mean, it's not grinding. I have a ton of nudes of girls I know, basically irreplaceable

Take it to repair guy, make eye contact and clearly explain there is no reason to view or report anything that may or may not be on it, keep eye contact and remind him that you will eventually get out of prison.

pop drive out and install in pc

Is this legit? I can do this.
Could this work?

If the drive doesn't make little clicking sounds when it's first powered on and you don't hear the platters spinning up (the noise of the read head moving around) then it's possible that the read head may be stuck on the platter due to damage or drop from height. You may be able to disassemble the drive, open the drive cover and very very carefully wiggle the platter ever so slightly while applying a little but of upward pressure to un-stick the read head.

I advise against do this yourself. There is a very good chance the read head is already damaged or your actions will damage it.

what the fuck do you mean ? of course its legit, lacie isnt a hd manufacturer, its a normal drive in a lacie enclosure. ffs .

I wasn't being a smart ass. I meant if it's beeping is that a "housing" issue or the actual drive problem?

An external drive is literally just a normal hard drive inside an enclosure. There will be a driver board that converts it to USB.

Yes, this can work if the USB board that runs the hard drive is damaged, you can interface with the hard drive directly.

Firstly check that it hasn't lost it's drive letter.

Start > type in search box admin tools > click on computer management

Select the drive from the list, right click it and assign a drive letter.

If it isn't shown, check your bios when you start up your PC, and make sure everything is ok there.

well guess how you figure that out, einstein

this. I'd take it out of the housing, then plug it in directly to your computer.

Is it SSD?

This is amazing news, if only a ray of hope. I would prefer not to open up the actual drive to expose the plates. The HD was absolutely not dropped or knocked or anything. I think a power surge killed it during the night.

Can you upload a recording of the sound it's making?

an ssd in a 500gbb external drive? bet u twenty bucks it isnt

It lost it's drive letter. The PC cant see it anymore.

yeah probably, but lacie does make em.

Footage of taking it apart...

youtube.com/watch?v=D9mglHTQWW0

Then try like others have said, take it out the caddy and get a spare SATA cable, and plug it into a sata slot.

>SSD
>buzzing

>500GB drive
What is this 2008?

It was connected to the PC via USB, it has a sata port too but I couldn't ever get that to work

what sucks is repairing SSDs is a fucking nightmare. on an old drive you could do some serious surgery after it got fried.. find a matching PCB and swap em for example. With SSDs, ita totally different fucking game.

they're like 100 bucks.

pull drive out. its a sata drive. plug into pc. dude.

It's actually quietly beeping as the LED dims slightly

what kind of computer do you have.. laptop?

have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?

underated

I wish I was joking, but this guy doesn't seem to know shit.

beeping might just mean low power. try plugging into a different usb port.

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which makes it even funnier

try to unpowersurge it. thats always worked for me

Boys I’ve got a similar issue. I had a pc that I took the hard drive out, put it in an enclosure and had been using as an external HD. My wife fucked up and tried to plug it in and used an ac adapter from our cable box instead of the one it came with. Now it doesn’t turn on, I’ve taken it out and plugged it in directly to the pc and there’s no power or anything coming from the HD. Any ideas? I’ve thought about buying an identical HD and opening both and swapping the hard disc. Is this even possible? It contains all of my kids’ baby pictures and years and years of photos

This. Hopefully its just the enclosure's electronics that are damaged and not the drive itself.

is it more a high pitched screeching, or actually beeping?

lol I remember being like you before I started shaving

This is exactly my model

Softly beeping:
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It has become sentient and decided to live out the remainder of its days as a vibrator. Please tomprovide orifice now.

You have the option of taking it to a data recovery company. OP said his drive contains his Sup Forums folder

>contains his Sup Forums folder
unless it's full of cp I don't see why this is an issue, if only a little embarrassing, depending on the contents.

OP here, it's a 1/4 of a TB of porn and memes. Very embarrassing.

but how much of that 1/4 is porn and NOT memes? also does it start with cheese and or calzone...err...pizza

is it embarrassing because of the amount or the type? is it all images? I have close to 500gb just videos on my ssd and another 200 or so on my external. but then again, I'd just get a new one if they got fried, because it's all pirated shit anyway.

This may be helpful.
Remember, if this works you should copy everything you can off the drive and scrap it.
This is kind of a last chance to access the files before it fails permanently.

No, that's not my thing. But there is probably some rule 32, Jab comics, etc that are my private shame

I really just want my collection of win from girls I know

twinkie house?
habeeb it?

that would do it... those things you can't get back usually. that's why you make backups lol