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Anonymous Posted on Jun 01, 2011

Hi i have a a portable WD BAAA5000ABK-00 500 gb hard drive, i dropped it a while ago , and when i connect it to my laptop it spins for like 10 seconds and i hear a ticking sound,then it stops spinnig, i tried to find another enclosure for it but i cant find one , the micro usb seems to be biult in the hard disk itself ,it doesnt look like SATA o IDE, i dont know what to do , plz help me i have very important data on it

  • Anonymous Jun 01, 2011

    the USB is built in the hard drive itself the case is only a cover

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You could purchase another identical external disk-drive, and "transplant" your "old" disk-drive into the new case, to see if you can read from the "old" disk while inside the "new" casing.
If not, then re-insert the "new" disk-drive into the "new" casing, and use the "new" external disk-drive as a 'BACKUP' for your files (not to hold the ONLY copy of your files).

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  • Anonymous Jun 04, 2011

    >> the USB is built in the hard drive itself the case is only a cover <<

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    Take a close look -- the USB adapter can be *DETACHED* from the hard-drive.



    It simply is not ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE to make a different hard-drive that can *ONLY* be used inside an external casing. So, any external storage device uses IDENTICAL disk-drive hardware as "normally" used inside desktop/laptop computers.

  • Anonymous Jun 04, 2011

    i can send u a picture of the hard drive to take a look at it =)

  • Anonymous Jun 07, 2011

    Post a picture to your Twitter account, and tell me your Twitter ID, and make your Twitter messages "public", so that I can retrieve the picture. I'll bet that there is a DETACHABLE adapter that connects to a "standard" disk-drive. Put a $0.25 piece into the picture, as a "reference" object of a known size.

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