CodeBrain
October 6th, 2010, 06:25 PM
Well I knew it would probably happen sometime.
You see, I had this external for a long time, (like maybe 2 years lol) and for some reason at one point the drive did not work. Western Digital, 3 clicks and a spin, does that until it is turned off. I left it alone for a while until just recently, where I took it apart with the help of a neighbor (who had the right tools to open the enclosure)
So, got myself a docking station, plugged it in, and it works just fine.
At least, the loading part does. Windows says it cannot access the drive because of a cyclic redundancy error, which I knew the "fix" was to run chkdsk. Originally the computer checked the disks on startup, and more often it would bring up the chkdsk for checking up my external. I ignored it a lot, since it took a while to actually complete it. I restarted my computer, making sure the docking station was on, and...
Nothing happened. Windows loaded without a chkdsk. Oh well.
Currently running GetDataBack to see what I can do, while it is doing so, wondering about what I can do.
TL;DR tell me your opinion on my situation.
You see, I had this external for a long time, (like maybe 2 years lol) and for some reason at one point the drive did not work. Western Digital, 3 clicks and a spin, does that until it is turned off. I left it alone for a while until just recently, where I took it apart with the help of a neighbor (who had the right tools to open the enclosure)
So, got myself a docking station, plugged it in, and it works just fine.
At least, the loading part does. Windows says it cannot access the drive because of a cyclic redundancy error, which I knew the "fix" was to run chkdsk. Originally the computer checked the disks on startup, and more often it would bring up the chkdsk for checking up my external. I ignored it a lot, since it took a while to actually complete it. I restarted my computer, making sure the docking station was on, and...
Nothing happened. Windows loaded without a chkdsk. Oh well.
Currently running GetDataBack to see what I can do, while it is doing so, wondering about what I can do.
TL;DR tell me your opinion on my situation.