2 TB Hard Drive of JAVs not working...

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ArgentGrace

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Have anyone experienced where your hard drive of JAV porns stop working?
My 2 TB is a WD elements portable hard drive..
I have no idea why it stopped working.
Don’t think it hit any hard surface.
It doesn’t get recognized by any computer...

anyone can shed light of success stories of recovery the videos or do I need to shed $$$ hundreds to a local hard drive recovery service?
 
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201flyer

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I would try this first!!

1. Attach the USB drive.
2. In Windows go to Computer Management and open Disc Management. Is the drive there? Note the drive letter!
3. Open a command prompt and type: chkdsk /f "x" where "x" is your drive letter from step #2. Leave off the " " signs!

With luck your drive will be repaired! You might also check this out: https://www.diskpart.com/articles/how-to-fix-corrupted-hard-drive-using-cmd-7201.html

Does your HD spin up? If not these ideas will not work.
 
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Haidon said:
Some of the newer external drives no longer have a removable internal drive inside of them. I recently popped apart an external drive to help a friend out, and the external micro-USB connector was hardwired to the board on the internal drive. Quite the disappointment.
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Yikes!
 
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Ultimately, any harddrive will be connected using a SAS or SATA connector (most likely SATA for consumer grade drives), be it an internal, external, hot-swappable or whatever type. So removing the actual disk (not the platter) will always be possible.

Regarding the original question; it's hard to say. If the drive no longer shows up at all, it *could* be just a matter of a faulty cable (I am assuming it still powers up). The next question would be, does it still spin? Can you hear the drive whirring inside? Then, does it make weird noises, like clicking or rattling? That would be a bad sign.

It could also be that it's just the electronics of the WD housing, you can try removing the disk from the housing and installing it in another unit or in your PC. With luck, you'll have all your data.

If the drive itself is bad, prepare for data loss. Specialized companies exist that can sometimes restore data from broken drives by putting the platter in another drive, but it's very expensive and there's no guarantees. I have in the past restored partial data from broken drives by freezing them, but YMMV and it's really a last resort because you're likely to destroy it so it's a one-shot deal.

Long story short: Take the disk out of the WD elements and try it in your pc (or buy a usb drive dock and stick in in there).
 
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