Of course if you can afford it you can deliver the dropped drive to them and pay them for expert hard drive repair.
Dropped hard drive on floor.
Dropped hard drive on the floor disk usage 100 jump to solution sounds like the heads came down on the platter when the drive was dropped yes that drive will work as a replacement and yes the dell recovery flash drive will restore the system to the way it was when you removed it from the box.
It s more likely that the drive has.
The drive doesn t seem to turn on at all.
Drop but i just wonder if there are any long term effects kinda like a baby being dropped on its head when its a kid is it gonna be dumb in the future.
It was only a 3 ft.
If a hard drive is dropped and it isn t working anymore it is likely that the platters arm or render head of the hard drive were damaged or misaligned from the impact.
Heh i just got a new hard drive and dropped it on the floor hardwood floor covered by thing carpet.
If the render head is trying to locate the data that it is searching for on the platters and it cannot find it the arm will move back and forth across the platters several.
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Fix it yourself in a few quick simple steps.
If you re hearing any sort of unusual sounds from a dropped external hard drive turn it off immediately.
It s past the point of home repair.