hard drive problems

Duthek · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:30 am Post subject: hard drive problems

well, i have a 120gig external hard-drive, this is where i keep all of my anime.

i recently found out that, all of the anime on it has been corrupted or in some other way has turned unreadable.

there are two possibilities, one it got whacked when i was bringing it home from my dorm. or two my mom hung my headphones on it, (the magnets in the speakers)

i don't know if a normal set of headphones has strong enough magnets to do this, but its the only thing i can think of, cuz i know i ran alot of the files when i first got home, and there weren't any problems

any way, the big question was if anyone thought it was possible for the magnets in the headphones to mess the with hd.

and the other question is, any one know of a way to fix the files?

i have already run r-studio, and it didn't even say tehre was anything wrong with the files, i am currently running a windows xp error check on the drive to see if that will fix anything, and will probably defrag to see if all the data has just been to garbled

well thanks all

LiangZzZ · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:21 am Post subject: Re: hard drive problems

Is · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:00 am Post subject:

no way will headphones or speakers have powerful enough magnets to mess up a hard drive.

as mentioned above, try Norton recovery stuff but you might also just try doing this:
Start > Run > type "cmd"
type "chkdsk /F D:" (where D: is the letter for your external drive)

if that doesn't fix it then try norton ghost stuff.

Wark · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:42 pm Post subject:

just for reference... do the thumbnails of the affected files show green blurs or something?

Sigarius · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Mar 08, 2005 Posts: 89

How old was the external hard drive? The typical life span for hard drives is 4+ years. Does it make any noises when u power up the HD?

Just a side note, head speakers aren't powerful enough to disrupt the discs inside unless it was placed there for a very long duration.

evofire · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:53 am Post subject:

computer speakers or headphones can't damage hard drives. Computer speakers are shielded, while headphones won't have enough power to do anything even if they aren't shielded.

As all the people said, do all the check disk or whatever commands. Hard disks don't die so easily.

If nothing works, try plugging it to another computer, or if its just a hard drive with a case, then pull the hard drive and stick it inside the computer and see if it will work at all.

Lucifer · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:26 am Post subject:

Most hard disks are damaged because of head crash (the pointer hits the surface of the disk). I had 2 Maxtor and 1 Seagate hard disks thrown into recycle bin because of this.

If you don't have any important data stored inside, try format it. Sometimes, it may work again.
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Duthek · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:17 am Post subject:

I tried running scan disk, showed that nothign at all was wrong with the files.

The 3 files that work, work 100%,

All the other files, have blank thumbnails, will act like they are going to play in a media player, and then just remain blank

r-studio said that absolutely nothing was wrong with any of the files on the drive.

It didn't make any weird sounds.

Its a LaCie 120 gig, thats about 8 months old.

I don't have another computer to try any of the files on (it only has firewire capabilities)

I realize it will probably work after a reformat, but i want to have that be an extreme last resort.

thanks for giving me some advice all

Wark · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:48 am Post subject:

alright, i don't know if this is the same, but i'll share it anyways.
a few months ago, my brothers anime was corrupted, in a much simalar fashion. not all files, but most, wouldn't play correctly. after re-installing codecs, janking the same file of my computer etc. it still didn't work. then, i noticed that the file that was corrupted on his computer, worked perfectly on mine. so i went back to a windows system restore point from a few days earlier, and all was well. apparently, there was something on his computer that fugged up the codecs or something. anyhoos, you can try and see if that works with your files as well.

Duthek · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 2:24 am Post subject:

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the codecs were fscked, i uninstalled all of them, installed vlc, and the files work now

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 8:08 am Post subject:

...
this drive only had video files? lol

LiangZzZ · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 10:02 am Post subject:

Duthek · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:45 pm Post subject:

hehe, sorry Is, the only files on the harddrive were video files

Sigarius · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Mar 08, 2005 Posts: 89

I guess it'll freak you out if all your vid files were all on a faulty HD

Death_Scythe27 · newbie! Joined: Mar 28, 2005 Posts: 32

I was thinking of getting an external HD but which is better that or internal cant decide but i wanted to have a go at putting in an internal myself i have read a few faqs and i am pretty confident Wink

(basic stuff i realise to some of u)
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