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External HDD Banged Up!
12-14-2013, 08:57 PM
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RE: External HDD Banged Up!
linux tends to fare better with broken filesystems than windows.
you could try formatting it through a linux live CD/DVD or hiren's bootCD(great toolbox, especially the restored edition)

if possible, it might be an idea to take the drive out of its casing(it's usually an internal hard drive with a protective case+usb adapter wrapped around it) hooking it up directly to a PC using S-ATA cables, and using gateway scan(boot from hiren's bootCD, dos programs, hard disk tools, next 2 or 3 times, and then gwscan/gateway scan)
this will test the surface of the discs to make sure there's nothing broken.
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External HDD Banged Up! - arg274 - 12-14-2013, 05:30 AM
RE: External HDD Banged Up! - vnctdj - 12-14-2013, 10:29 AM
RE: External HDD Banged Up! - arg274 - 12-14-2013, 12:54 PM
RE: External HDD Banged Up! - vnctdj - 12-14-2013, 01:00 PM
RE: External HDD Banged Up! - arg274 - 12-14-2013, 01:05 PM
RE: External HDD Banged Up! - vnctdj - 12-14-2013, 01:09 PM
RE: External HDD Banged Up! - arg274 - 12-14-2013, 01:39 PM
RE: External HDD Banged Up! - vnctdj - 12-14-2013, 01:47 PM
RE: External HDD Banged Up! - arg274 - 12-14-2013, 03:10 PM
RE: External HDD Banged Up! - thedicemaster - 12-14-2013 08:57 PM
RE: External HDD Banged Up! - arg274 - 12-15-2013, 01:19 PM

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