Hey, I think my harddrive is dieing or is already dead. Whenever I link it to the computer it makes a whirring sound and sometimes, I'd say 1 out of 20, shows up as a drive in my computer and for even less times lets me actually access the files.
Most of the time I get certain errors a few Timeout errors which I didn't jott down and this one "The specified I/O operation on \Device\Harddisk1\DR26 was not completed before the time-out period expired".
I was told by someone that that means theres a physical fault within the harddrive and it wasn't repairable unless sent to a specialist, and I wanted to get some other opinions.

Oh and on the rare occasions where it does work and I can access the files, I TRIED to backup a few files but the file transfers seem to only last around 5 minutes until it just stops and I have to unplug and replug it. The times unpluging and repluging has worked also has lessened and I think when it works the times it lasted has also reduced..

As for recovary programmes I've tried GetDataBack but my HDD kept dieing during the scan.

Anyway to save it? Or at least recover the data?There are ways but the drives has to be sent away. Usually the company that made the HD will have it repaired for you at a price.Ah! Something strange. Just now I tried to save some work on my flash memory stick to take to school but it wasn't working very well. This made me think that maybe something is wrong with the usb ports or the computer so I took my harddrive and connected it to a different pc and it worked! I don't know if it's just gonna work for a short while before dieing again SINCE I started the file transfers and left the house, but if it is ok and it's the computer that has the problem, does anyone have any idea what could be the problem?

Thanks in advance.Backup all that data ASAP on the other machine...you don't have much time.Seriously? I've backed up all my important data so that's FINE. It's working perfectly on the other machine though.. Don't you think it's an error with my computer?I think it is since if this is only the HD you said was having problems and know the usb ports. I think something is going bad.Quote from: Atomsk on March 05, 2008, 08:57:44 AM

Seriously? I've backed up all my important data so that's fine. It's working perfectly on the other machine though.. Don't you think it's an error with my computer?