HDD error

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#151131 14-Aug-2014 21:33

Hi Guys, i am a newbie here. I have encountered errors with my internal hard drive. It wont show up in My Computer. Can someone please help me here? I dont want to lose any of my important data in it. Please please help me out.

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#1108710 14-Aug-2014 21:47

Can you still see it in control panel > administrative tools > disk management?

Either way my suggestion is quit now and take it to a data recovery specialist. It is not very expensive. Trying to DIY data recovery even at a basic level is not for beginners. Easy to do the wrong thing and lose more/all of your data.

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#1108779 15-Aug-2014 08:03

Leaving aside the fact that if your data is important you should have backups, power off the drive, do not attempt to recover it yourself, do not put it in a freezer, contact www.datalab.co.nz, send them the drive, pay them some money, get your data back.

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#1108784 15-Aug-2014 08:10

Absolutely agree with the above. Take the drive to professionals before further damage is done.

Lias:.. contact www.datalab.co.nz, send them the drive, pay them some money, get your data back.

The OP lists themselves as being in the USA ;-)

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#1109062 15-Aug-2014 14:22

Thanks for the awesome input. I am currently using Seagate Barracuda 1TB. Lets say if I am to replace the drive, what other brand you guys can suggest me? I am a general user with video editing and also occasional gamer. I did came through WD and also Kingston HDD but unsure about the reliability and performance of both.

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#1109147 15-Aug-2014 15:49

Personal preference really.

With the consolidation of the drive manufacturers only 3 companies make drives any more, every other brand of drive is just rebranded OEM product You have Toshiba, Seagate, and WD, and only the last two target the consumer market.

I prefer WD over Seagate, others views may differ.

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#1109160 15-Aug-2014 16:30

Lias: Personal preference really.

With the consolidation of the drive manufacturers only 3 companies make drives any more, every other brand of drive is just rebranded OEM product You have Toshiba, Seagate, and WD, and only the last two target the consumer market.

I prefer WD over Seagate, others views may differ.

I prefer Western Digital over Seagate as well. In my experience Western Digital drives fail less.

There are also these links..

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2089464/three-year-27-000-drive-study-reveals-the-most-reliable-hard-drive-makers.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hdd-reliability-storelab,2681.html

Also, I would suggest getting another drive to be used for backup.

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#1110476 18-Aug-2014 13:58

Hi guys, appreciate of your feedback and suggestions, for my part I also did my homework and found that WD has got a slight advantage in terms of my requirement for the drive. Hence, I made up my mind to change to WD Blue since it is within my budget. TQVM.