USB Hard drive have Died :(

[Hotshot]

Hello everyone....

My Backup Portable USB Hard drive have died and I wasnt expecting it. 
I think I had it for 3 yrs or so.

I wont be buying USB Portable Hard drive anymore because it is short life expand!
So I have to get Backup Hard drive that come with plug which have longer life expand I think.

I just got Mobby Boardband at the moment but it does get disconnect sometime.

I am torn with Virgin boardband and BT Boardband as for virgin boardband...they have unlimited download with free online rental which is good and i used to have BT Boardband long time ago and only had one problem in 1 yrs which is amazing!

How everyone?

[Shockwave]

Mobile broadband is better than no broadband

I was only thinking of you yesterday actually Welcome back.
I am sorry to hear that your USB harddrive is on the blink. is it possible to repair it?

[Hotshot]

Mobile broadband is better than no broadband
I was only thinking of you yesterday actually Welcome back.

Very true on what you have said
thank you nick 

I am sorry to hear that your USB harddrive is on the blink. is it possible to repair it?

I try to open the hard drive but it is sealed....when I plug the USB HD to my Gaming Laptop as the HD should make a little noise as you know when the HD Drive that go spin round inside but there is no noise at all plus there is no folder pop up on the screen to say that I have HD drive plugs my laptop.  To repair it? it is very unlikely to repair when the spin disc inside the HD is gone dead 

So I have learn my lesson on USB HD drive and i wont make same mistake twice!

I have Window 7 Ultimate now and it is Great

[combatking0]

Some have said Windows 7 runs faster than XP on the same hardware.

I'm not sure if 7 has the same administrative tools as XP, but does the disk appear in the disk management console?

(Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Disk Management)

[Hotshot]

window 7 have Administrative Tools ( create and format hard disk partitions)

Does anyone think FAST EXTERNAL HARD DISK DRIVE USB 2.0 is good?

160GB APEX USB EXTERNAL HDD

Package Contents:

    * 1 x 160GB 3.5" External Hard Drive
    * 1 x USB Cable with slipped USB ports
    * 1 x UK Mains Adapter & UK Plug
    * 1 x Driver CD
    * 1 x User Manual (Digital Version stored in CD Driver)

Product Features:

    * Formatted and ready to be used.
    * Support Plug & Play.
    * Ideal for Data Backup, Presentation, Photos, Video, iTunes, iPod,MP3, MP4 and etc.
    * Support USB2.0 480MB/Sec Ultra High Transfer speed, copy huge files in a minutes time.
    * Support any Personal Computers, Desktop or Laptop, Apple MACS and UNIX Boxes, etc.
    * Support Win98/ME/2000/XP/Vista or later versions.
    * Support Mac OS or later versions.



What can you store in a 160GB External Drive?

    * 80 hours DVD-quality movies, or
    * 120 hours of VHS-quality video, or
    * 90 days of around-the-clock MP3 audio, or
    * 63000 digital photos, or
    * 1200 action-packed games

Unit is fully assembled and ready to use. Interface is USB 2.0 and is compatible with most Operating systems from Windows98SE through to the latest versions os Microsoft Vista and Mac OS

Great little product for easy on the go backups between office and home

ITEM IS BRAND NEW AND COMES WITH A 12 MONTH WARRANTY

it doesnt say if compatable to window 7 

[padman]

* Support Win98/ME/2000/XP/Vista or later versions.

I guess it should work on Windows 7 then. But better ask the seller to be sure.
And there are a couple of offers on ebay which come with a 3 year warranty. I'd go for one of them. Btw I'd never buy from sellers who mark their auctions as private. Makes me always think they have something to hide...
For the product itself: Sounds ok imho.   Most buyers seem to be satisfied too and at £28.95 it seems to be at a reasonable price, though it's pretty small in times of 1000GB drives...

[combatking0]

If you have a firewire port, invest in a drive with a firewire port, as this has no CPU overhead.

[relsoft]

Mobile broadband is better than no broadband

I was only thinking of you yesterday actually Welcome back.
I am sorry to hear that your USB harddrive is on the blink. is it possible to repair it?

True, true.

Hi Shock!!! I just got my internet back. Still living in the boondocks but I got my connection at last! It's a mobile usb modem which could handle wifi, hsdpa, 3g and 2g connections. However the signal here is 2g so my DL speeds is like 2kbps. hahahahahaha.  Even DBF loading times is so bad I need to drink coffee every now and then.  Well as you said this is better than nothing. 

Hotshot: The portable usb drive is usually a sata drive and they are IMHO much more reliable than the ones needing and PSU.  Why don't you try to get the drive off the casing and connect it to aUSB - SATA cord? It's probably your cord having probs and not the drive.

[Clyde]

If you've got a DVD rw drive, and it's the external hard drive you are using for storing code, demos, pictures, eg a backup medium. it might be an idea to save you some money with and burn them to DVD, or if you've a CD RW onto that mate.

[Hotshot]

Hotshot: The portable usb drive is usually a sata drive and they are IMHO much more reliable than the ones needing and PSU.  Why don't you try to get the drive off the casing and connect it to aUSB - SATA cord? It's probably your cord having probs and not the drive.

I look at my DEAD HD and it is WESTERN DIGTAL HD 80GB. My HD suppose to make some noise when i put my HD wire to the laptop as I guess the spin disc isnt working

[Shockwave]

Is it possible to send it away for repair?

[Hotshot]

Is it possible to send it away for repair?

Would be nice to repair it but i dont think I am sending to pc world for them to repair my hd drive as I dont trust them.

it have be my local computer shop to find what my HD problem is and i take it from there.

[Clyde]

How did you get on?
Is it fixed?