HELP!!!! - 12/27/06 10:21 PM
Does ANYONE have a way to "save" the files from a "dead" external, portable USB harddrive?
Mine was making funny noises last week when I re-watched the Smallville episodes I'd downloaded onto it, and then yesterday, when I went to put a few new things on my ipod (which I'd also stored on the USB harddrive), my computer couldn't recognize the drive.
I thought it was just that the USB port in the laptop itself was dead (which is quite possible, since that port wasn't even recognizing the ipod, which is newer). But then I put the laptop in the dock, and it recognized the ipod, but not the harddrive.
I took it to my dad, and he said it's dead, but he'll try to get the data off of it if he can.
I don't care about the Smallville episodes--it's only a season's-worth anyway, and I've seen all of those episodes twice now.
What I'm REALLY worried about is that it has on it:
-My movie database
-My music database
-All of the music I've ever had on CD or downloaded (it'll take HOURS to rip all those CDs again, and there are some songs that I don't HAVE on CD--just the ipod now)
-ALL of my LNC FANFIC
-ALL of my AUDIOFICS
-ALL of the LNC fanfic I've beta'd or GE'd for people
-My CHECKBOOK data (which can be recovered, since I backed it up on our home network, I'm pretty sure)
-The website I've been working on with a personal bio of myself, including pictures from EVERY SINGLE YEAR I'VE BEEN ALIVE
-A bunch of stuff I wanted to save from church
I'm kinda ok about the fanfic--the only thing I don't have a hardcopy of (but can still get at least a draft of) is chapter five of Kryptonian Multiplication (my current WIP). The rest, I printed out a couple weeks ago, and have been keeping in my writing binder.
But the audio fic! Oh, the audio fic! It's probably a good thing I moved THAT to the ipod too, huh?
I should probably get a new USB harddrive--AND an external cd/dvd burner or a zip/jazz drive so that I can back up the USB harddrive.
But anyway, does anybody know of a way to save the data? I'm kinda desperate not to type all that stuff up again, not to rip the CDs again, not to re-create those databases, etc.
Mine was making funny noises last week when I re-watched the Smallville episodes I'd downloaded onto it, and then yesterday, when I went to put a few new things on my ipod (which I'd also stored on the USB harddrive), my computer couldn't recognize the drive.
I thought it was just that the USB port in the laptop itself was dead (which is quite possible, since that port wasn't even recognizing the ipod, which is newer). But then I put the laptop in the dock, and it recognized the ipod, but not the harddrive.
I took it to my dad, and he said it's dead, but he'll try to get the data off of it if he can.
I don't care about the Smallville episodes--it's only a season's-worth anyway, and I've seen all of those episodes twice now.
What I'm REALLY worried about is that it has on it:
-My movie database
-My music database
-All of the music I've ever had on CD or downloaded (it'll take HOURS to rip all those CDs again, and there are some songs that I don't HAVE on CD--just the ipod now)
-ALL of my LNC FANFIC
-ALL of my AUDIOFICS
-ALL of the LNC fanfic I've beta'd or GE'd for people
-My CHECKBOOK data (which can be recovered, since I backed it up on our home network, I'm pretty sure)
-The website I've been working on with a personal bio of myself, including pictures from EVERY SINGLE YEAR I'VE BEEN ALIVE
-A bunch of stuff I wanted to save from church
I'm kinda ok about the fanfic--the only thing I don't have a hardcopy of (but can still get at least a draft of) is chapter five of Kryptonian Multiplication (my current WIP). The rest, I printed out a couple weeks ago, and have been keeping in my writing binder.
But the audio fic! Oh, the audio fic! It's probably a good thing I moved THAT to the ipod too, huh?
I should probably get a new USB harddrive--AND an external cd/dvd burner or a zip/jazz drive so that I can back up the USB harddrive.
But anyway, does anybody know of a way to save the data? I'm kinda desperate not to type all that stuff up again, not to rip the CDs again, not to re-create those databases, etc.