It may indeed have been as dead as a dodo, but on the other hand the HDR-FOX internal HDD is formatted Ext3 which a Windows PC wouldn't have the faintest idea what to do with. What might have worked is to use a Linux PC, or boot a Windows PC into Linux from a live CD. See Things Every... (click) section 12.I took out the HDD and slaved it to my pc, dead as a dodo, ran some recovery software to have a look but still nothing.
Which drive model was it? If it was not designed for AV use you may find that it is not as reliable long term due to its inbuilt error handling and potential extra heat.Fitted another HDD which is very straightforward job* and it did recognise and format it as well so back working now.
Barely. It really was a load of virtually worthless non-specific waffle, not worthy of a response.Still, I suppose it's marginally more informative than 'it doesn't work' or 'it's broken'.
Which drive model was it? If it was not designed for AV use you may find that it is not as reliable long term due to its inbuilt error handling and potential extra heat.
Or am I talking rubbish, anyone?
It may indeed have been as dead as a dodo, but on the other hand the HDR-FOX internal HDD is formatted Ext3 which a Windows PC wouldn't have the faintest idea what to do with. What might have worked is to use a Linux PC, or boot a Windows PC into Linux from a live CD. See Things Every... (click) section 12.
Obviously? No; your definition matches my expectation, but I was making no assumptions.That depends on your definition of 'Dead as a Dodo'. Obviously it means a different thing to BH than it does me.
I suspect the part that you don't understand are thw comments on your use of the expression 'Dead as a dodo'.Sorry but I don't understand part of this thread, is it me with the waffle, 'not worthy of a response'? If so, sorry for being so unspecific.
I suspect the part that you don't understand are thw comments on your use of the expression 'Dead as a dodo'.
Because a HDD is an electro mechanical device, there are two possible failure modes. Electronic and mechanical. Re. the mechanical part failure. I asked you this with my 'whirring/clicking' question. Had you said that the disk was spinning and there was possible clicking coming from the head servo, we could have done some investigation into the electronics side. However, if there is no spin or head servo motor activity then there is no point going further.
Surely, if someone brought a device to you and said 'it is dead as a dodo', or it doesn't work, or 'it's broken' you would ask them 'what exactly is dead, not working, broken about it? or something similar, wouldn't you?
But you had changed the HDD in your box and fixed the problem before we could get the answer to the questions.
That's a good result. And as long as you are happy that the other HDD is beyond repair, that that's OK also.