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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 835941" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>First, hard drives do not have memory, they have disk space.</p><p></p><p>If you dropped your WD Mybook, it's possible that you damaged the electronics on the drive. The drive itself is mounted on a controller board with an interface for USB or Firewire (whichever applies).</p><p></p><p>It's also possible the heads were damaged in the fall. In which case data can not be read from the drive.</p><p></p><p>Try plugging the drive into another machine - even a Win machine, and see if it can be read. It's possible the drive is damaged beyond repair in which case you'll need to replace it.</p><p></p><p>Regards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 835941, member: 46727"] First, hard drives do not have memory, they have disk space. If you dropped your WD Mybook, it's possible that you damaged the electronics on the drive. The drive itself is mounted on a controller board with an interface for USB or Firewire (whichever applies). It's also possible the heads were damaged in the fall. In which case data can not be read from the drive. Try plugging the drive into another machine - even a Win machine, and see if it can be read. It's possible the drive is damaged beyond repair in which case you'll need to replace it. Regards. [/QUOTE]
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