Hellfire
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 posted on 27/4/14 at 08:00 PM |
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Hard Drive or Caddy Fault?
Years ago, I removed my old 3.5 hard drive from my old PC and mounted it in an external caddy. It worked fine for a few years but recently I
haven't been able to connect to it. I suspected a faulty connection but having checked it over today, there are no loose connections. At least
none that are visible...
There is a green/red light on the front. Occasionally it lights up green and my PC detects it but I cannot access it, other times it lights up red and
the PC doesn't even detect it. Either way, I can no longer access it
I don't have the equipment to test the hard drive and am thinking of buying a new caddy to rule that out but I don't want to spend money
if the hard drive is knackered.
Any suggestions?
Phil
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snakebelly
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| posted on 27/4/14 at 08:11 PM |
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Try plugging it into a USB port at the back as the front ones sometimes don't have enough juice to fire up a full size hard drive
HTH
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Hellfire
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| posted on 27/4/14 at 08:41 PM |
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It is connected to the USB port at the back.
Phil
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snakebelly
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| posted on 28/4/14 at 05:56 AM |
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If you hold the caddy when you plug it it can you feel the drive spin up? Does it make a clicking noise?
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Hellfire
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| posted on 28/4/14 at 11:00 AM |
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Nope, doesn't make a clicking noise either
Phil
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snakebelly
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| posted on 28/4/14 at 12:49 PM |
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If it's not even spinning up I would take a look at the caddy unusual for a drive to die totally without any warning
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Smoking Frog
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| posted on 28/4/14 at 01:07 PM |
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Is removing it from the caddy and connecting it as it was possible? At least the fault could be narrowed down to the caddy or drive.
Sorry just seen this
quote:
I don't have the equipment to test the hard drive
[Edited on 28/4/14 by Smoking Frog]
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