Originally Posted By: Andrew - PG Music
At this point I would suggest replacing the hard drive enclosure, as that seems to be the most likely culprit. If you have another drive that we shipped you at some point, just swap it into that one. Otherwise you could pick one up (just the enclosure I'm talking about, not a new hard disk) from your local electronics store.


Thanks Andrew, you sent me off on some very interesting Google and YouTube searches/watches I never would have thought of looking for. I even stumbled on a data recovery video which was quite interesting. I will dig farther into this. John.

String search "How to install a 2.5" Hard Drive into an Enclosure".

Stuff I found that others might want to watch.

How to transfer your hard drive to a new enclosure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLNv8RMzfjo

How to transfer your hard drive to a new enclosure (Ebay purchase).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=716NQAdN0bE

How to recover data from a 2.5 inch hard drive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Y7BniaRXg

Canada Computers hard drive enclosure. A lot cheaper than a new drive :-) Same screw positions.
https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=14_202&item_id=059147

Last edited by bowlesj; 01/23/19 01:11 PM.

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