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WD Passport External Hard drive issues
Posted on 6/5/20 at 10:00 am
Posted on 6/5/20 at 10:00 am
Looking for some help with data recovery on this device. I have a 1TB WD Passport that has some wedding footage on it. I was trying to transfer some other files on it a couple weeks ago, and it completely crapped out on me. I tried to follow Western Digital's directions for their approved companies of data recovery, and I sent it off to datarecovery.com (per WD's suggestions. They quoted me freaking $1,400 to recover the data. They stipulated that it is likely they could get the data, but it would take up to 7 days. $1,400 seemed absolutely ridiculous to me, so said no thanks and requested that they send it back.
Does anyone have any other suggestions for how I can recover these files at a much more reasonable price?
All help is appreciated, as I'm trying to avoid being murdered in my sleep by my wife.
Does anyone have any other suggestions for how I can recover these files at a much more reasonable price?
All help is appreciated, as I'm trying to avoid being murdered in my sleep by my wife.
This post was edited on 6/5/20 at 10:14 am
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Posted on 6/5/20 at 10:05 am to classicgold
Yeah that sounds more like a ransom than a service fee. I use redundancy for anything important.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 10:24 am to classicgold
those 450 million years between-drive-failure numbrers reported by the hard drive companies are complete horseshite.
hard drives routinely fail in a couple years.
hard drives routinely fail in a couple years.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 10:35 am to CAD703X
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hard drives routinely fail in a couple years.
Due to user error/misuse
Posted on 6/5/20 at 10:54 am to bluebarracuda
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Due to user error/misuse
go on
i'm not arguing i'm interested in what not to do
Posted on 6/5/20 at 11:43 am to SlowFlowPro
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go on
i'm not arguing i'm interested in what not to do
same
Posted on 6/5/20 at 11:45 am to bluebarracuda
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Due to user error/misuse
quote:
bluebarracuda
Posted on 6/5/20 at 11:48 am to CAD703X
i usually have 2 copies of everything on different external hard drives for this reason. Not to say i have never lost anything though. good luck OP.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 1:11 pm to classicgold
I'd spend $50 or so and try some of the software solutions out there. I did many years ago and it worked. I don't recall what software I used though and, of course, it depends on what the failure is.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 1:55 pm to classicgold
Depends on the failure. If it's 'software' like Mbr or corrupted partition then you can try using a software solution. I think recuva is a free one I've used before. If you've got a mechanical failure then that's going to be a harder deal. If you hear clicking and stuff that's bad. I've shoved drives in the freezer before for a few hours and then plugged it in. Sometimes works. If it does, then get the data off ASAP. There are a few other tricks you can try. Some people have taken a similar drive apart, moved the platters and recovered the data successfully that way but if that sounds crazy to you then I wouldn't recommend it. That's the kind of stuff that company is going to do. If you truly need that data, then chances are you're going to have to pay the price.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:19 pm to SlowFlowPro
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go on
unplugging without ejecting first
moving the drive while its in use
tossing the drive in your bag, directly after removal and before its had time to come to a complete rest
Posted on 6/5/20 at 2:49 pm to jcole4lsu
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unplugging without ejecting first
moving the drive while its in use
tossing the drive in your bag, directly after removal and before its had time to come to a complete rest
Basically all of this. Portable mechanical drives aren't really that "portable"
Posted on 6/5/20 at 4:16 pm to jcole4lsu
oh i thought there was something more intricate. i thought those were basic things. i do throw around flash drives occasionally though
Posted on 6/5/20 at 4:24 pm to classicgold
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$1,400 seemed absolutely ridiculous to me
That is actually not a bad price.
How much are the pics worth to you?
Posted on 6/5/20 at 4:57 pm to SlowFlowPro
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oh i thought there was something more intricate. i thought those were basic things. i do throw around flash drives occasionally though
It doesn't matter for those. They don't have any moving parts
Posted on 6/5/20 at 9:22 pm to bluebarracuda
I know this is going to sound stupid, but, have you tried ordering some new connection cords? I found long ago that WD for some reason has shite cords. I order 5 for like $50 just to have around. I had a drive I couldnt get to connect and just went thru cord by cord until 1 for some reason booted it right up.
YMMV
YMMV
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