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onsinch:
Hard drive wasnt fitted in the mounting brackets properly and so fell and hit the hdd below and shorted out, any chance of fixing this easily

bear in mind i could get 2TB seagate barracuda drive for the cost of the 1TB drive that i just lost

Ivon:
You could take it to a Data Recovery place, pay and arm and a leg, and they could do a Plater Transfer. Which is just taking the platters out of the bad drive and putting them into a good one. It's pricey ass hell though.

So you must ask yourself, is the data important or can you get the data again.

As for Seagate, I would not recommend them...I got (2) 2TB Barracudas and one was failing (Re-Allocated Sector Count began creeping up by about 2% per 3 days). Then one of the 3 at work is also going bad...again, Re-Allocated Sector Count.

The second Barracuda I have has massive Read Error and Seek Error Rates, yet all the other drives (Western Digital and Hitachi [before they got bought up by WD]) have '0'.

I've replaced the 2 failed Barracudas (home and work) with Western Digital Reds (WD's NAS drives). Those drives come in 1TB, 2TB, and 3TB. And seem to be performing nicely.

Things to know:

WD Reds are variable spin rates, that I believe go up to 5400RPM. So this drive shouldn't be used for Boot or Gaming, but is perfect for Seeding, Streaming (buffers can handle the variable RPMs nicely), Backup, General Storage.

-Always do your research though, and remember SAVE THE RECEIPT, AND REGISTER YOUR PRODUCTS FOR THE WARRANTY-

Tiffanys:
Depends if it still works... If it's dead in the water then it depends what's on it and how important is it is to you.

If it's just about replacing the drive then most places have very good RMA policies. I know Western Digital has lifetime RMA and you can do an Advanced RMA where they ship you the new one first.

onsinch:
The drive was bought used so didnt have warranty, and it only had 700GB of anime, of which i have watched approximately 400GB so i couldnt really care less  :D

just wondering whether it would be cheaper to fix than buy a larger drive, i am going to buy parts for new pc tomorrow anyway and i was planning to reuse this drive to save costs

Mistgun_Zero:
Buy a new WD. Simple choice really. If you are going for external storage WD Elements is one of the best there is and has almost zero problems. I am using one and I can assure you of that.

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