Question Seagate Backup Slim 2TB bipping sound

[poolpo]

Hey all,

My external hard drive appears and then disappears after 30 seconds without allowing me to access the content.
Sometimes I get the the following bipping sound: https://streamable.com/o7i0k5

I'd like to know how to fix this?

Thanks

 

[DSzymborski]

Hey all,

My external hard drive appears and then disappears after 30 seconds without allowing me to access the content.
Sometimes I get the the following bipping sound: https://streamable.com/o7i0k5

I'd like to know how to fix this?

Thanks

That sounds an awful lot like a hard drive failing to physically access the platters. In which case, you don't fix this. You either RMA the drive or buy a new one and then restore your important data from the backups.

 

[poolpo]

Thanks @DSzymborski
The warranty expired, I dont have backups of this drive. So there is no way I can recover the data in it?

 

[DSzymborski]

Thanks @DSzymborski
The warranty expired, I dont have backups of this drive. So there is no way I can recover the data in it?

If the drive can't be read, either in its enclosure or stripped and installed like a normal hard drive, then software solutions are out. Software solutions are the only ones available to a consumer.

The other option is to send the drive to a data recovery lab. Good ones can cost over a thousand dollars and there's still no guarantee, so you'll have to decide for yourself how much the data is worth to you.

Unfortunately, the only time to save your data is before disaster happens. The time to buy a fire extinguisher is before your kitchen is on fire.

Hopefully, you have nothing irreplaceable. Lots of people, sadly, get harsh lessons about what happens when you don't have regular file backups; it's a basic part of responsible PC ownership, no different than changing the oil in your car or the filter in your furnace. Any file that only exists in one place will eventually exist nowhere.

 

[poolpo]

Thanks for the answer, do you recommend any good/reliable external hard drive for backups?

 

[DSzymborski]

Thanks for the answer, do you recommend any good/reliable external hard drive for backups?

One's pretty much as good as the other. The important thing is the number of backups, more than the exact hardware used.

 

[poolpo]

Well I guess I will have to do a backup of the backup of the backup of the backup of the backup...
Thanks

 

[DSzymborski]

Well I guess I will have to do a backup of the backup of the backup of the backup of the backup...
Thanks

Generally speaking, three backups, in at least two different locations, and at least one off-site, is considered the minimum of a good backup plan.