Wreckers

i have a question i got a External Hard Drive that was working 2 days ago i think i over loaded it but now it isn't working i keep getting a error like

cannot copy file cannot read from source or disk

when i turn it off and on again i sometimes get to see the file i have one it but i cant do anything with them is there away somehow to get the data off the drive i guess it is going down hill fast

A couple different guides I read recently said that simply turning a drive upside down can help in some cases. If that doesn't work, you can try putting it in the freezer (in a ziplock bag) for a few hours as well. With my limited knowledge of hard drives, I'd say the drive sounds doomed. I recently had an external HDD die, and nothing worked to save it.

yeah but there is some stuff i like to try and get off it but if i can't i can't hell it won't even format haha its trying to start up but dosn't get very far

It seemed like the driver mounted and dismounted. Could be driver issue or issue with the anti-virus or maybe firewall. Have you tried that on other computer? If they both do the same, the drive IO maybe hosed.

yeah i did i was cop[ying stuff to it when it stop working i formated computer and went back to windows xp from windows 7 i tested it on my wife computer that has xp too but wait till she gets home to try on the laytop that has windows 7 and see what happens

Can be a faulty power supply relating to the box itself or the power cable. My first external had a dodgy power cable and it would give the error message you have.

Personally I have seen more case related issues rather than disk itself.

We took it out of the box and plugged it into the computer the computer wouldn't start brother inlaw took it home to play with it