My external hard drive died (samsung d3 station)

[Tony Williams]

Awhile back my external hard drive which is a Samsung D3 Station died on me. It wasn't dropped or anything it just refuses to power on. There's no power light at all and I tried using a different power plug but it appears to be a no go.

It's 3TB too and filled with stuff. If there's no fix, can I just take the drive out of the caddy and use it externally via SATA?

Thanks.

 

[Robbie_G]

Hi,

Yes you should be able to take it out but be aware that it will probably void any warranty you had on the unit as a whole. It sounds like it may just be an issue with power and not the hard drive so your solution should have no issues working.

 

[chippy08]

There is a video on youtube that shows you how to open it up

 

[bledd]

Buy a new drive and restore from your backup.

 

[Tony Williams]

Hard disk would not read internally via SATA so I guess the problem is with the HDD, sadly.