Samsung M3 1TB Portable Hard Drive

enfield_freddy

I thought we had already discussed USB cables , and the fact that any cable that meets the USB standards http://www.usb.org/developers/powerdelivery/PD_1.0_Introduction.pdf


and the fact that the USB controller was actually built into the circuit board of that model , so it cannot be removed from its controller


its dead , its deceased , its a dead parrot!

Fightsback

bluesnake wrote: »

No, it is good advice, don't knock it if you do not know.

I had a WD drive and that only worked with the cable that came with it. The other usb cables had too the a copper wire and could not deliver the current. The better cables kept spinning up the drives, but the others did not eve make the drive move.

The only long cable that ever worked was the one that was about 800mm and came with blackberry mobiles.

That's probably because that was a usb charger only cable, i.e. the data pins were not wired up. With some of those 1 plug + 2 plug old usb 2.0 cables only one pair of the plugs is wired for both data and voltage supply, the other is voltage only to give extra current to the drive; it saves on cost.

bob_a_builder

because that was a usb charger only cable,

Those charge only cables should come with some special markings or colouring to indicate they are power only

maybe they already do and I've missed it - but wasted quite a bit of time with those

BosPeeps

Right, I opened Disk Management..nothing.

I have the original cable. Looks fine.

I can't see how I could open it up but I daren't do that. If I had important files on it, then I would. I suppose a new one is needed. Luckily it was a gift so this doesn't cost anything to me.

Thank you all for your advice

JJ_Egan

You cannot open the HD itself as that will kill it stone dead .
Requires a data recovery firm and a clean room circa £500.

Worth holding the drive and turning it sharply side to side as that could unstick it .

esuhl

JJ_Egan wrote: »

You cannot open the HD itself as that will kill it stone dead .

That depends what you mean by "the HD itself"!

The HD is in a caddy, and you could probably open the caddy without damaging the drive. If you open the interior metal casing, exposing the disk platters to the dusty air that exists outside a clean room, then you will have a problem!

BosPeeps

Has anyone used this before?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/data-storage/data-storage/wd-my-passport-ultra-exclusive-portable-hard-drive-2-tb-blue-10030419-pdt.html?intcmpid=display~RR