Secret of 'dead' external HARD DRIVES! How to QUICKLY fix the problem, its cause and solution

Secret of "dead" external HARD DRIVES! How to QUICKLY fix the problem, its cause and solution

[jamesdewall]

Thanks! Problem solved for $35; I was quoted "anything up to $2k to fix." You deserve a medal.

[jamesbenner]

I'm sure you won't see this and I don't usually leave comments, but I do want to say THANK YOU! Fallen upon this video gave me enough information to try to save an old hard drive once again... After accepting that thousands of pictures of my son from the ages of 1-5 were gone forever I actually managed to get them back today. It was indeed that SATA bridge, and they are all backed up now on a working drive, and soon to be going into even more redundancy in a RAID 6 NAS that I'm building.... So anyway, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU !!! (on a side note it is my birthday today, and I could not have asked for a better gift)

[jdl]

Thanks to this video I saved my hard drive but ironically burned my bacon watching this while preparing breakfast.

[surangadesilva]

You saved my decade old data backups, few hundreds of dollars and gave me peace of mind brother... I have no words to thank you for reminding this simple but never think fact that these so called external drives are the same internal drives wrapped with fancy enclosures.. Due to lockdown, I was thinking when I could send my external drive to a pro for recovering data for an unprecedented bill.. Being a tech fan, fortunately I have a robust hard drive dock and the stripped drive worked like a charm... Thanks a billion !

[joeyrobin]

I don't comment on Youtube very often. But this time I had to offer my thanks and express my deep relief. After my 4TB external Seagate refused to mount, I lost all hope. Even though I've lost extremely valuable data before when another external drive was dropped on a concrete floor, I still somehow managed to fall way behind in backing up my Seagate. I knew I'd lost years of work but the thing that bothered me most was that I couldn't remember what else was on the drive. There's no feeling quite like losing hard drive. After a desperate search I found this video and was afraid to believe it could be so simple. Long story short, it was! I cracked open the case, removed the SATA bridge card and plugged the drive into a dock at work. It mounted immediately and I couldn't be happier. Thank you!

[hollywoodpleasecomehome]

Brilliant! Bought a new SATA bridge connector from Amazon ($10), removed casing around Seagate external, disconnected old SATA, connected new one, worked like a charm! You really saved me a lot of headache. Thanks a million!

[JubileeGiggles]

For real. Was just gonna say, I've never heard or seen this information, and its so simple. Thank you

[snsm]

THANK YOU ...for taking time to do this vid as many of us have these old drive
sitting on a shelf with data

[amosfeldman]

Please add a link in description for the external drive dock / bay that you recommend

[Beesting]

Thank you, this worked for me! I retrieved about 10 years of photos and data by purchasing a $30 AU SATA adapter. Very happy I came across your video. So thanks again :)

[MajorEasley]

You're amazing. That was my failure also. Wouldn't know it. I thought it was the drive gone bad. 👍👍👍

[ReikiGemWellness]

Best Buy Geek Squad just quoted me 600-10K for data recovery of my failed external hard drive. They literally said there was nothing to be done if the hard drive won't power up. I had a spare, working hard drive. I followed the instructions in this video and I had my data back in minutes. Thank you!

[stepanstepanenko]

Just had the depeche mode - violator album playing over the top of this, not realising both are on. They make a good combo :D

[cuboid]

Do you have any experience with WD My Passports for Mac? Would this process work similarly if I were to purchase a specific Doc?

[TanyaKatherine]

Divine intervention must have brought this video to me right now, today. I am going to try this, and if it works... you are in need of major compensation for making this video and beating the system, and exposing the secret. This data loss is not just a small thing this is a SPIRITUAL WAR against losing our memories as human beings and being in a constant state of AMNESIA. Back when we had photos and photo albums, you drop a photo on the ground and it floats to the ground, unscathed, now you drop a hard drive and in a blink of a second years of memories are gone. We need to reclaim our power and stop giving our precious memories to these devices and do like retro times and have things in analog. You are an amazing person for exposing this secret. I don't know how I must have found your video but by chance, my prayers may be answered.

[dedenhaedar]

What if I replace the old casing with the new one? It's just same or I should replace 'em with the dock?

[Phoenixm]

So could I just clone my external hard drive that isn’t mounting to a new external with a hard drive dock?? Thanks for the info very helpful 👍🏽🙏🏽

[helderfilipe]

what do i need to do or to buy to save my powerless 3.5 external hard drive

[northernfreelance]

i took mine apart and connected to sata to usb module. will this work to get into the drive? I tried it but no luck. should i connect it directly to my pc

[OnDownTheRoadProductions]

Thank you for this video. Our WD Black P10 sata bridge has gone bad, will any bridge work? This has a 2.5 inch HDD. Thanks!