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Did I ruin my external hd?
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1126109" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>The drive is obviously messed up. Large external drives, especially the WD models seem to have problems when incorrectly dismounted. Usually, trying to reformat them just leads to more difficulties. </p><p></p><p>I would return the drive to where you purchased it from and exchange it for another. Unless you've already got data on it, it's not worth fooling with.</p><p></p><p>And, some advice about storing valuable photos on hard drives: Hard drives fail, and they do so unexpectedly. So unless you're prepared to keep several backups of those photos, it's best to burn them to DVD media where they'll be safe. Burning 1000 photos to DVDs is not that difficult or time consuming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1126109, member: 46727"] The drive is obviously messed up. Large external drives, especially the WD models seem to have problems when incorrectly dismounted. Usually, trying to reformat them just leads to more difficulties. I would return the drive to where you purchased it from and exchange it for another. Unless you've already got data on it, it's not worth fooling with. And, some advice about storing valuable photos on hard drives: Hard drives fail, and they do so unexpectedly. So unless you're prepared to keep several backups of those photos, it's best to burn them to DVD media where they'll be safe. Burning 1000 photos to DVDs is not that difficult or time consuming. [/QUOTE]
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