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Posted on May 30, 2008

Hard drive problems

See thread:

http://www.fixya.com/support/t453545-drive_not_recognized_computer

Also, what would be the approx cost to recover about 300G of music if drive is dead?

  • moulyd Sep 06, 2008

    hi
    i bought a cavlary 500gb external hard drive 6 months back.it worked fine
    but suddenly it stopped working.can you please help me with this.my email is [email protected]


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Recommend you contact the Hard Drive manufacturer. No one will know more about the product than they will. I would follow their recommendations. Who is the manufacturer - NOT OF THE COMPUTER - OF THE HARD DRIVE.

  • Anonymous May 30, 2008

    Cost would depend on who does the work and what it entails. There is no fixed scale of $ per mb, etc. That's why I recommended the manufacturer. If they say it can be done, they will likely be the most expert, and probably the cheapest for quality work. I have learned that you get what you pay for.

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