It s possible if unlikely that the electronic component of your hard drive was damaged.
Dropped hard drive on floor.
It s past the point of home repair.
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If a hard drive is dropped and it isn t working anymore it is likely that the platters arm or render head of the hard drive were damaged or misaligned from the impact.
The drive doesn t seem to turn on at all.
Dropped your hard drive and it now doesn t recognise when plugged into the tv or computer.
If you re hearing any sort of unusual sounds from a dropped external hard drive turn it off immediately.
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It s more likely that the drive has.
It was only a 3 ft.
Heh i just got a new hard drive and dropped it on the floor hardwood floor covered by thing carpet.
If the render head is trying to locate the data that it is searching for on the platters and it cannot find it the arm will move back and forth across the platters several.