skimming those reviews suggests that in some cases turning the drive off &
on again is a temporary fix
That reminds me, there is one trick I learned when a drive of mine died a
few years back: freeze it. Seriously, get a big Ziplok bag, one that can
hold the entire drive enclosure (but not the power or USB cables) and stick
it in your freezer overnight. As long as the bag is sealed, the drive won't
be damaged. In the morning, immediately hook it up to a running PC and try
to pull your data off the drive in small chunks. Something about the
shrinkage caused by the cold can sometimes make a malfunctioning drive work
for a short time. I was able to recover a reasonable amount of data off my
drive after a few rounds of freezing.
I still think it'd be better for you, Ann, to send it off for data recovery,
though.
i'd hesitate to send it back to Seagate since in my experience the drive
manufacturer takes no responsibility for data recovery
Good point, I forgot about that. Ann, if you contact Seagate, be sure to
ask if they offer data recovery services. I'm pretty sure they do, but
check just to be sure.
John
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