Dropped my external hard drive in washer, light comes on but pc doesnt read, any hope?

Question by johnboyjohn: Dropped my external hard drive in washer, light comes on but pc doesnt read, any hope? Best answer: Answer by Kyle. Deja-VuUm. It could just be a bad cable because of the water (if the cables fell in too), but if they didn’t… water may have gotten into the connectors on the [...]

External Hard Drive crashed how do I save Information?

Question by nick_astn: External Hard Drive crashed how do I save Information? I have an external hard drive that I am unable to open on my computer. I plug it into the USB and my computer sees it. I look in device manager and it is there and I am told everything is working fine. [...]

how can it install this western digital external hard drive?

Question by confidential: how can it install this western digital external hard drive? i accidentally clicked “dont show this message again for this device” Best answer: Answer by acapulco123u don;t have to install it. just plug in the usb and everything is set. go to “My Computer” or Finder (Mac) to check if its there. [...]

My external hard drive has dropped all my pictures and music!!!?

Question by jason F: My external hard drive has dropped all my pictures and music!!!? I have a 500gb free agent external hard drive that i got for christmas. I moved all my music from Itunes and pictures that i had on this computer for years onto the external hard drive. I woke up yesterday [...]

Can the Seagate Expansion external hard drive backup my ps3 slim?

Question by C.j.: Can the Seagate Expansion external hard drive backup my ps3 slim? I had just bought the 250gb Seagate Expansion Portable Drive today and was wondering if this could back up all of my saved games and other files on my PS3 Slim. If this could work, how would I backup the files [...]

My external hard drive partially crashed. What software would help me recover the data?

Question by Math Maniac: My external hard drive partially crashed. What software would help me recover the data? I have a Western Digital 500Gb Passport hard drive. I can normally browse through the files and folders but about 20% of them won’t open because I get a file corruption error. When I try copying folders [...]

how to fix my external hard drive that was dropped on floor?

Question by Gino: how to fix my external hard drive that was dropped on floor? Best answer: Answer by joshProbably a broken hard drive. Unless you send it to a data recovery service, you’re pretty much screwed. Add your own answer in the comments!

My external hard drive is ticking, how can i get to my data?

Question by tlondon2006: My external hard drive is ticking, how can i get to my data? My external hard drive was dropped and when i turn it on it ticks 3 times and stops. It won’t let me access my data when I plug it into my computer. How can I get to my data? [...]

Dropped my external Hard drive?

Question by Jamie1412: Dropped my external Hard drive? Dropped about 2 feet on a hardwood floor. I have a WBFS partition on it as well as a regular partition. When plugged into my wii, it reads the WBFS partition just fine, but plugged into my laptop, it tells me I need to format the regular [...]

What is a good program to password protect a folder on an external hard drive?

Question by Draganor: What is a good program to password protect a folder on an external hard drive? I have a 1TB external hard drive that I use for data storage including games, movies, etc. However, not all of these games and movies are appropriate for my younger sister, who does like playing some of [...]