Sickly WD Elements conundrum

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I have a 2 TB WD Elements drive.

This afternoon it slowed down during a copy, and now no PC sees the damned thing.

It has a fair amount of stuff on in that I would very much like to get back, and I am not sure what to do next.

It's still under warranty, so I can get the thing replaced, but my inclination is to take the drive out the enclosure to see if I have more success trying to retrieve the data that way, but in the process voiding the warranty (I presume).

Ugh.

Any advice?

:(
 
Opening the enclosure is going to void your warranty, but unfortunately if you want your data there's no other way.

Your drive is obviously failing and it's only a matter of time before it fails completely. If it does then you're talking many thousands to recover. At this point it should be relatively affordable to recover from. USB has absolutely zero control over a drive with even tiny issues, and even if you connect it straight via SATA to your machine you probably won't have any luck either.

If your data is important send to a recovery house who can retrieve it before things get very expensive. You're welcome to send to me for a free evaluation.

The more you attempt to work with the drive in it's current state, the faster it's health will decline. It's a ticking time bomb unfortunately.

Thanks PP.
 
Thanks guys.

I need to have a think about whether my data is worth the price of a 2 TB drive + recovery costs.

Not an easy decision at this point.
 
copacetic said:
Thanks guys.

I need to have a think about whether my data is worth the price of a 2 TB drive + recovery costs.

Not an easy decision at this point.
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I would think that it's more likely that the hard drive is 100%, and that it's just the circuit inside
the enclosure that's failing. A friend of mine had the same issue with his 1TB Sammy G3 Station,
WI got the drive out of the enclosure, and he bought a CM enclosure for the drive.

Works great now.

The decision you need to make is, as you said, how much is your data worth to you, also taking
into account, that this issue can most likely be resolved by purchasing a R200 external enclosure
or just using the 2TB drive inside your PC.
 
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