HDD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED

Baojimz · January 11, 2019

Is it wise to buy a 2nd hand cheaper HDD?

Sterling0x1 · January 11, 2019

it's wise to run a file recovery on it just in case there was anything dodgy on it.

C.L.G · January 11, 2019

You can try what @Sterling0x1suggested. If that doesn’t work you could go to a local data recovery centre or ship your hard drive to one (Only if the data is that valuable to you)

Only if you’ve tried running a file recovery and you don’t want to spend the money sending it to a professional, then I’d pay for a cheap one.

if you choose to look for another one on a budget I’d be happy to suggest a reasonably good one

Sterling0x1 · January 11, 2019

32 minutes ago, CrazyLazyGamer said:

You can try what @Sterling0x1suggested. If that doesn’t work you could go to a local data recovery centre or ship your hard drive to one (Only if the data is that valuable to you)

Only if you’ve tried running a file recovery and you don’t want to spend the money sending it to a professional, then I’d pay for a cheap one.

if you choose to look for another one on a budget I’d be happy to suggest a reasonably good one

I meant if he gets a 2nd hand one, check that with a file recovery tool. Sometimes people sell hdd that had illegal stuff on it pronwise, and you don’t want to own stuff like that. Defo better off buying new one, they ain’t that expensive nowadays.

C.L.G · January 11, 2019

20 minutes ago, Sterling0x1 said:

I meant if he gets a 2nd hand one, check that with a file recovery tool. Sometimes people sell hdd that had illegal stuff on it pronwise, and you don’t want to own stuff like that. Defo better off buying new one, they ain’t that expensive nowadays.

na i wan't gonna recommend second hand ones, i know there's some dodgy s*** on some of em