i honestly don't have a clue - not really prepared to take the casing apart to find out tbh, rather take it to the store see what they make of it

Please would you post why this EX HDD failed Ian when the shop engineer has had a look at it, as i for one would be interested as to why this happened ?

Cindy

i told you already, weren't you reading?

I mean the engineer should be able to say why this happened (a Computer + a powered Hub + a EX HDD should be no problem when connected)

oh right, the power supply i put in was too powerful and burnt out the hub affecting the drive, daft of me i know

Ooops ! will you need a new EX HDD now ? or is it reparable ?

i'll see tomorrow when i take it to the computer shop in town - i'll be getting a new one anyway

Glad your getting it sorted, will you go for a LaCie or a different sort Ian ?

well, the place i was gonna take it doesn't do data recovery for anything other than windows - in fact nowhere seems to do data recovery for anything other than windows and there are NO mac stores or mac resellers around

fortunately John Lewis is getting support for data recovery in a week or so, so they tell me, so i'll have to wait and see.

as far as getting a new External, then probably go with LaCie yes, it's been good storage device - although the western digital MyBook has had good reviews and is cheaper.

I use a Western Digital MyBook Essential 500GB USB2.0 External Hard Drive and i can recommend them as ive never had any probs with it "my Dad uses two the same", in fact I'm hoping to get the 1TB WD Mybook 2 soon >

Western Digital My Book 2 Essential 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

Hope John Lewis gets your data OK Ian