external HD

Hi, i have a freecom 80GB external hard drive that has worked no problem
until today.Basically i plug it into pc ( chimes go ) HD starts to fire up
but then stops then it tries to load again but fails and thats all it seems
to do ive tried different cables, ive tried it on a different pc but no joy.
tried device manager on both pc's it sees the drive but the name of the
device is not what its meant to be also when the drive is connected to either
pc, the pc becomes very slow ( take usb cable out pc's return to norm speed )
is there any way of getting to the stuff on drive??? or has the drive gone to
the big volume in the sky?? hope sme1 can help
martin.
ps ive looked on the freecom website

hoops73 wrote:
> Hi, i have a freecom 80GB external hard drive that has worked no problem
> until today.Basically i plug it into pc ( chimes go ) HD starts to fire up
> but then stops then it tries to load again but fails and thats all it seems
> to do ive tried different cables, ive tried it on a different pc but no joy.
> tried device manager on both pc's it sees the drive but the name of the
> device is not what its meant to be also when the drive is connected to either
> pc, the pc becomes very slow ( take usb cable out pc's return to norm speed )
> is there any way of getting to the stuff on drive??? or has the drive gone to
> the big volume in the sky?? hope sme1 can help
> martin.
> ps ive looked on the freecom website


You are describing hard drive failure. Often, shorlty before "the click
of death" sound, there are times where the hard drive is trying to
locate the very first data location (in lay terms). If it can't
determine the track where data starts, it can't count cylinders.

How old is the hard drive?
How long is the hard drive warranty?

Do you have USB-1 or USB-2 (Hi-Speed)?

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