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Cassady
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Hello all,
Would appreciate some quick advice.
The lady that works for us, sent my HDD that was attached to the modem, flying - while I was out this morning.
Fell about a metre, onto tiles - straight down.
It plugged out of the usb cable, so was presumably off when it hit the ground - subject to spinning platters etc - but since it was not in 'active use', maybe they were not?
Regardless - plugged it in to my laptop - and I can access it.
Randomly selected 20/30 photos/songs - and all opened as they should.
Question: Did I just get lucky? In other words - having never dropped a HDD before - is it a case of "it either works, or it doesn't?" Or could there be some damaged sectors etc., that won't be noticed until you try and access specific files 'on that part' of the HDD?
Apologies if this is a silly question - but as mentioned, never had this happen before - so not entirely sure if I can breathe a proper sigh of relief.
Would appreciate some quick advice.
The lady that works for us, sent my HDD that was attached to the modem, flying - while I was out this morning.
Fell about a metre, onto tiles - straight down.
It plugged out of the usb cable, so was presumably off when it hit the ground - subject to spinning platters etc - but since it was not in 'active use', maybe they were not?
Regardless - plugged it in to my laptop - and I can access it.
Randomly selected 20/30 photos/songs - and all opened as they should.
Question: Did I just get lucky? In other words - having never dropped a HDD before - is it a case of "it either works, or it doesn't?" Or could there be some damaged sectors etc., that won't be noticed until you try and access specific files 'on that part' of the HDD?
Apologies if this is a silly question - but as mentioned, never had this happen before - so not entirely sure if I can breathe a proper sigh of relief.
