my son had all his data erased after buying this hard drive and the cable accessory. what went wrong? something was unformatted. he has lost 7 years.
85970
Ouch :( I was in a similar position when I moved all my multiplayer saves to my flashdrive to play at friend's, but the files became corrupted after a while. I had thankfully made a backup on my pc 3 months before with Xport 360. So you're saying evrything was moved from the original drive to the new one over the cable but the data wasn't there when you started the 360 with the new drive? Or did Xbox Live apply an update and the data was erased after the update? It might still be there and recoverable, just unrecognized by the 360. First do not pit more stuff on the drive! It increases the chance of any data there previously being overwritten or becoming fragmented! Best to not even turn the 360 on with the drive in. Try using fatx explorer, as it actually has a recovery tool for deleted files. If the 360 redormatted the drive entirely though, your data is gone, as formatting deletes the data and overwrites it with a blank slate.
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I just had this happen to me. I lost 8 years of game saves. I found out its the hard drive itself. The 360 telling you its unformatted is its way of saying "something is wrong in that peice of junk you bought." It often happens when you download an update, and the increased activity is when the thing gives out. What's worse, is since it wasn't a Microsoft brand, its impossible to use all the tips and tricks recommended on youtube and other sites to rescue your information. I keep hearing about fat x explorer but I don't exactly trust it.
85972
I lost my data, too. Even accepting the loss and reformatting does not work. Microsoft updated shortly after GTAV and mine locked up rendering it useless. All your son really may have lost is high scores. All the achievements anthings that were downloaded are still going to be available. they just have to be reinstalled. you can look at at his account and click on 'my downloads' and redo them. It should be ok. I am sad that I cannot find a Microsoft version of this style, but bigger than 120GB.
896161
You need to format the drive before use. So if you have some files on it, you will lose that. Beware!!!!!
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I used this on my Mac and it corrupted two of my drives. I sent it back for an exchange due to a problem with the power supply. Vantec was less than helpful with the corrupted drives. My hard drives worked when I pulled them out of the computer but after using their faulty enclosure it was corrupted, somehow they claim there's no way to tell their enclosure caused the damage. I would never put my hard drives into another Vantec enclosure.
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DON'T buy this PS. I bought it and in two weeks it failed taking out MY HD and all data. NOT A TRUSTWORTHY CHOICE. Avoid this at all cost.
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I bought two. Both had odd failures. I returned both. Later, as I worked with other hard drive to back up past work, I discovered missing applets. I could no longer access the hard drives of other companies I had previously used. For whatever reason, when I used the Toshibas, the system went erratic. What did what, I don't know. I replaced the Toshibas with 3tB OWC external harddrives. Cost more. But I did not lose the many hours of transferring data.
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I ordered the 80g from Rakuton, it was shipped from Referbished PC and worked only two days. I am really not sure what the hard drive actually is.
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I've looked into that and without the original sales receipt it would be reckoned from the date burned into the ROM. You would have 5 years from that date. I found this out by having a drive without a receipt and needing service. WD is so much better than Seagate. I've only had one that I needed service and almost all Seagate drives died within a couple of months for the warranty expiring. 5 years is forever in terms of drives. I got the 2GB version and on a 6Gb channel it's almost as fast as a USB3 flash drive. maybe faster. In short-it screams!
398549
Call them. Always have 2 backups! I lost a lot of data with that hard drive, mine failed after a short time
2191294
It worked to allow me to retrieve the data on my hard drive. But my hard drive was not damaged. The problem was my motherboard. If your hard drive doesn't work, the data may be lost forever.
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I would not trust this power adapter. It destroyed my 500gb hard drive. Buyer beware.
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Not an expert on this, but after my own recent unbacked-up-data-loss fiasco, I *believe* Time Machine (part of Apple OS X) not only backs up each item---text file, photo, song, movie, etc.---on your computer, but creates a whole copy ("image") of the complete contents of your computer---including apps. In the event of data-loss disaster, you can simply restore your complete computer the way it was. This drive's features list describes it "Time Machine ready"
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I doubt it, I bought this software for the same reason, accidentally deleted a file from a hard drive (not the mac one, but a USB one I always use as a 'work' drive). I tried the software in various 'modes' but to no avail. It did not recover any type of file I was looking for. I doubt you'll ever get those files back...
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I got it, cut and pasted 300 gigs worth of backups to it saw it complete a bit later on and took a nap for an hour. Came back and it was dead along with all the backups. Will try to break it open and see if there was just a failure in the power unit. It was ac tho..
368234
this hard drive died in less than a year. just froze up during an operating system install. i can't even wipe it clean. i must have gotten a lemon. i don't kno the answer to your question, but i doubt i will buy another one!
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I completely erased an external HD, which had tons of important photos on it -- and this product DID work for me. I got everything back! It certainly is worth a shot, because it is far cheaper than any third-party solution (like a storage recovery company) You will probably need a large HD to recover the data to.....
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Drive is dying or dead. If you can start it up, copy everything off of it as SOON as possible. Look up tricks on the internet for drives that have clicking noises. Unfortunately, warranty will only get you another drive, it won't get your data back. Always have TWO backups of your data. I sincerely pray you will be able to get your data off. Even if it starts working again, you should no longer trust the drive. Sorry.
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I have purchased 4 WD drives in my lifetime and all 4 have crashed within 5 years time resulting in 100% data loss.Specifically, this drive I purchased in 2010 and crashed Christmas 2014 with 100% data loss.