[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] question re failing external hard drive; any suggestions?

[David Lees]

There is a difference between dead and dying. If she can still access the
contents start copying them immediately.

David Lees
>From Pixel 3 XL

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021, 2:16 PM Shelly Lowenthal <shelly.lowenthal at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Data recovery is possible but expensive (I had to do it in 1994). Always
> best to store important data on two drives, never just on one.
>
> Shelly Lowenthal
>
> On Nov 19, 2021, at 1:34 PM, Denise <denise at rcn.com> wrote:
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> Hi all.
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> I hope someone has a suggestion : )
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> My daughter has a windows 10 p.c. desktop; and she plugged in an HDD
> external hard drive (that has a USB cable on one end & power plug on the
> other end) into her p.c. and apparently the HDD is dying (or dead?)
>
>
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> She plugged it in and hears a noise. And when she goes to ‘my computer’
> it’s not seen there.
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> should we be looking to hire a data recovery person?
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> or is there anything we can do with this?
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> any suggestions on what to do next?
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> thanks!
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> denise
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