Someone to mend my pc

[djsnfx 10]

hi my laptop has suddenly stopped reading my external harddrive could n e 1 try and fix it for me plz asap:help:

[sidbobs 10]

What happens when you plug the drive in? do you get any error messages etc?

 

Does your laptop detect other usb devices ok?

 

Have you tested the drive in another computer?

[doom bringer 10]

what make and or model is it ?

[Paul Blade 10]

hi my laptop has suddenly stopped reading my external harddrive could n e 1 try and fix it for me plz asap:help:

 

If you are wanting it done 'ASAP' it could help if you gave a rough idea where you live (area/first part of postcode ( Mine Stannington S6)) then if there is someone close they may be able to help you

[djsnfx 10]

im at shiregreen s5. laptop seems to read other devices ok, i just took hd to a neighbours to try on his pc and it wouldnt read on his either it just froze his pc up. so could it be repaired or have i lost all my music that was on it or could it be saved? £20 waiting for 1st person to save it for me.

[megalithic 10]

It's possible i could do that for you with a linux live disc, though you could save £20 and do it yourself, it's quite easy.

[megalithic 10]

Ah, just read it's an external drive, not sure a live disc would work. ?

[doom bringer 10]

drop it in a dock and backup all your music of it

[Paul Blade 10]

What sort of ExtHD is it powered or not 2.5 or 3.5 inch if you know someone with a desktop pc they may be able to put it into their pc and get your files off saying that I have a 2.5 in WD ExtHD and the hd is soldered to the connector to the usb cable

[doom bringer 10]

depending on the hard drive docks are pritty cheap if the files on the hdd are important buy a dock and drop it in easy job copy all the files to a new hdd or cd

 

http://www.maplin.co.uk/computing/hard-drive-enclosures

[djsnfx 10]

it dont look like it will fit in any kind of docks its a seagate freeagent 1tb

[JarvisS8 10]

im at shiregreen s5. laptop seems to read other devices ok, i just took hd to a neighbours to try on his pc and it wouldnt read on his either it just froze his pc up. so could it be repaired or have i lost all my music that was on it or could it be saved? £20 waiting for 1st person to save it for me.

 

with the sound of it, it's possible that the controller board has died you could buy an identical drive and swap the boards and give that a try.