{"id":2366,"date":"2016-05-31T04:58:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T18:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2016-05-31T22:18:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T12:18:30","slug":"external-hard-drive-rescue-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/external-hard-drive-rescue-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"External Hard Drive Rescue &#8211; Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/HDD.jpe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/HDD-141x150.jpe\" alt=\"HDD\" width=\"141\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nExternal hard drives are a great way to expand your computer\u2019s storage capabilities, are easy to use and quite inexpensive&#8230;but what do you do when one suddenly stops working.<\/p>\n<p>Your first thought may be that you&#8217;ve suddenly lost every file on the drive&#8230;but that may not necessarily be the case. \u00a0\u00a0It may simply be that the external casing around the drive has suffered a fault with it\u2019s power supply or the connection to the computer.<\/p>\n<p>One way to find out is to simply open up the case, remove the drive and insert it into a new case. \u00a0If you\u2019re confident with computer parts, have a computer professional do it for you. \u00a0\u00a0See the YouTube video below for an example of someone who has swapped the hard drive case to try and recover data.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YCgfXeb_k7E?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>External hard drives are a great way to expand your computer\u2019s storage capabilities, are easy to use and quite inexpensive&#8230;but what do you do when one suddenly stops working. 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