-----Original Message----- From: jacku64907@xxxxxxx To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 9:12 am Subject: [CTS] Re: help external drive!! I had the same problem with a 250 Silver model Iomega. All of a sudden it did have any date on it. (3000) mp3 songs. Because it was out of warranty they said I would have to a 3rd party company to try and retreive what they could. I sent the drive into the 3rd party company to see what they could do for me. They wanted $1600.00 to try and restore what they could. I told them to keep the drive because they wanted me to pay shipping cost of $35.00 to get back a dead drive. I still own (5) Silver (250) gig drives. I will be selling them on E-Bay soon. I am switching over to Western Digital (125) pocket drives. Nothing higher than (125) gig drives. I will never buy another Iomega product. I have been using these (pocket drives) from Western Digital. I have (7) now and I back the same info to another drive. I have two drives with the same info. It is costly but it is worth it in my computing business. "Fool me Once" I have been fooled. "Fool me Twice" I am?the Fool. never again.?? U-Learn EZ -----Original Message----- From: Mark <my.listsx@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 3:12 pm Subject: [CTS] help external drive!! Hi,? ? My Iomega 500Gb external USB is on the blink/expired...? I've removed it from the box & hooked it up directly to the IDE lead & it shows up in XP Win Explorer but I can't access it.? Have tried Ranish on it & it shows it as being formatted as FAT16 & having no data.? Anybody know any useful software that I might try to get my data off it...? It's a Seagate make of HD.? Thanks in advance...? Mark? ? ** YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED **? DONATE to Hurricane Katrina victims: http://www.redcross.org/? DONATE Housing (Spare room, shelter) http://www.hurricanehousing.org/? ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------? Computer Talk Shop http://www.computertalkshop.com? Un-subscribe/Vacation, http://www.computertalkshop.com/list_options.htm? ? List HowTo: http://www.computertalkshop.com/faq.htm? ? To join Computer Talk Shop's off topic list, please goto:? http://computertalkshop.com/other_cts_lists.htm? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------? McCain or Obama? Stay up to date on the latest from the campaign trail with AOL News.