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siborg69
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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 Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:39 am Post subject: problems with external hard drive |
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hey guys
i was watching a movie the other day on VLC when it froze. The computer isnt the best and was being a bit slow so I just restarted it. When it booted back up and I checked my external hard drive, it said there was nothing there. when i double clicked it (it was coming up as F drive rather than "buffalo" like it used to) it now says that the disk isnt formatted and would i like to do this now. i didnt click on that cos i know that will definitely wipe everything. any ideas on how i can get my stuff back??? i've got a buffalo 1TB external hard drive...any advice would be greatly appreciated! or if any tech guys could take a look at it, a free lunch and a few beers could be offered!! thanks |
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fruitcake
Joined: 18 Apr 2004
Location: shinchon
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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happened to me as well. I took mine to Yongsan. there's a place on the B1 or 1st floor that can recover data. Spendy, but they fixed the problem.
someone else also had issues. check this thread:
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=143374 |
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siborg69
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| cool, thanks. just out of interest, how much did it cost? just so i have a rough idea....cheers |
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fruitcake
Joined: 18 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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too much: 150,000won
but all was recovered, so I paided without a fuss. |
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I_Am_The_Kiwi
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| www.recuva.com, try it yourself before you spend the money,,,never know. |
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siborg69
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah i saw that from the other thread....but i dont have enough memory to save any recovered files to. just the external hard drive where im trying to recover from and i know you shouldnt save stuff on the same place. and also, i know sweet FA about computers and would probably make things worse haha |
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ppcg4
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:03 am Post subject: |
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| siborg69 wrote: |
| yeah i saw that from the other thread....but i dont have enough memory to save any recovered files to. just the external hard drive where im trying to recover from and i know you shouldnt save stuff on the same place. and also, i know sweet FA about computers and would probably make things worse haha |
If the data is worth it, consider picking up another hard drive for them to put the recovered data on it.
I know if I lost my ~17,000 photos, I'd be devastated, which is why I have 3 redundant backups of them. One in Canada as well, just in case my place burns down. |
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