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8. I think it's a goner

Sat Oct 28, 2017, 03:26 PM

Oct 2017

I held it up to my ear and heard a faint clicking.

I am taking it in Monday to a local recovery place.

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WD My Passport issue [View all] SHRED Oct 2017 OP

well, essentially there are only two makers of hard drives lapfog_1 Oct 2017 #1

thanks SHRED Oct 2017 #3

no... right now the drive is dead lapfog_1 Oct 2017 #4

It's the pictures SHRED Oct 2017 #5

Pictures from where? lapfog_1 Oct 2017 #6

good ideas SHRED Oct 2017 #7

I think it's a goner SHRED Oct 2017 #8

no it's not "gone", What they will do is lapfog_1 Oct 2017 #10

Time for Cloud backup Abnredleg Oct 2017 #2

Try this first canetoad Oct 2017 #9

If Device Manager sees the hardware Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #11

Before giving up on it, try a different cable and USB port. Thor_MN Oct 2017 #12

what light is blinking? you mean the green 'power' light blinks? Sunlei Oct 2017 #13