I've had a Buffalo 1TB HDD for about 2 years. It started acting up about a week ago with transfer times getting longer and longer. I decided to buy a new HDD in order to copy the files across before it died, however I was too late.
Usually when I plug it in now it powers up but it won't be detected. Sometimes it is detected but appears as "local disk (I)". Whenever I try to click on it the computer crashes. Also I've tried accessing the "computer management" section for devices but that also crashes when the HDD is detected.
I downloaded the free version of "icare data recovery software." When I used it, it showed all my files on the HDD but I would obviously have to pay to recover them. Do I have any other options? Thanks
Usually when I plug it in now it powers up but it won't be detected. Sometimes it is detected but appears as "local disk (I)". Whenever I try to click on it the computer crashes. Also I've tried accessing the "computer management" section for devices but that also crashes when the HDD is detected.
I downloaded the free version of "icare data recovery software." When I used it, it showed all my files on the HDD but I would obviously have to pay to recover them. Do I have any other options? Thanks