Iomega 1TB External, total death or slightly recoverable?

Implosion · 10-20-2009, 06:03 PM

Hello again !

This time its neither desktop nor laptop issues. Just my 2 year old external HD Iomega 1 tb. I have read through some other posts here and it does make that "horrible clicking noise" which would perhaps indicate a broken needle and in that case I will carry my sadness with solid nobilityover losing my 700GB of collected data.

However, here is the real question, I opened my sweet baby up and took a look inside the case. I was actually quite surprised to see that there are two 500gb drives in there.

The chance of both needles being broken is slim and since there is only one repeated "clicking" I am quite certain that it is only the "mother" of the two which is broken. However since I can not start the first one the other one can't be read either. I was wondering if there is any way of bypassing the first one and get to the second one and perhaps try to salvage some data without having to hand it in to overprized professionals ?

I do not have access to any desktop computers to actually plug it into, also one of the drives seems to be connected directly into the circuitboard or atleast stuck into the actual box with some mysterious force like glue or such like.

Appreciate any help provided.

//Implosion

Might add that the model is MDHD10T-U2

Dogg · 10-23-2009, 04:38 PM

There are a few models available with multiple disks inside. The most likely culprit would be a failed ckt board in the case. You could try getting another external case or an external adapter (such as this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-102-_-Product ) to test the drives.

10-20-2009, 06:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Implosion Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 22 OS: Vista/Fedora My System	Iomega 1TB External, total death or slightly recoverable? Hello again ! This time its neither desktop nor laptop issues. Just my 2 year old external HD Iomega 1 tb. I have read through some other posts here and it does make that "horrible clicking noise" which would perhaps indicate a broken needle and in that case I will carry my sadness with solid nobilityover losing my 700GB of collected data. However, here is the real question, I opened my sweet baby up and took a look inside the case. I was actually quite surprised to see that there are two 500gb drives in there. The chance of both needles being broken is slim and since there is only one repeated "clicking" I am quite certain that it is only the "mother" of the two which is broken. However since I can not start the first one the other one can't be read either. I was wondering if there is any way of bypassing the first one and get to the second one and perhaps try to salvage some data without having to hand it in to overprized professionals ? I do not have access to any desktop computers to actually plug it into, also one of the drives seems to be connected directly into the circuitboard or atleast stuck into the actual box with some mysterious force like glue or such like. Appreciate any help provided. //Implosion Might add that the model is MDHD10T-U2 __________________ You are unique, just like everyone else Last edited by Implosion; 10-20-2009 at 06:15 PM.

10-23-2009, 04:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 2,085 OS: XP sp3	Re: Iomega 1TB External, total death or slightly recoverable? There are a few models available with multiple disks inside. The most likely culprit would be a failed ckt board in the case. You could try getting another external case or an external adapter (such as this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-102-_-Product ) to test the drives. __________________ Google is your friend !