DROPPED my Western Digital External drive!!

jwthe3 said:

Checkdisk has been on verifying file data for hours, It's almost done though... Hours is ages to me, I'm used to things going fast with my pc..

Time is in order. You have a large external disk.

I applaud your correct decision of being patient.

no one ever asked if the drive was even running when it fell. there is a huge difference between a non working drive and a working drive falling. if it wasnt doing anything, most likely it is fine (but back your stuff up anyway if you can) if it was transferring data or reading/writing data, It could be damage more likely. It can depend if the enclosure is shock proof or not as well. I have a hard drive enclosure that has military grade shock absorbing rubber inside that is about 1/2 inch thick all around. i put an old hard drive i didnt care about anymore in it, hooked up a usb extension cord to it, threw it at the wall while transferring data to it, and nothing happened. i threw it away anyway because it was just an old 80Gb laptop hard drive, but it was a good last use out of it. now i know how good that shock absorber works.

P.S. don't try this at home kids. I am a professional time waster.

F5ing said:

True enough when considering head/platter contact vs. parked.

If I was using it to store data on it I'd still be concerned.

Absolutely, Just trying to make his day better if he wasn't using it . you know how it is when you cant stop worrying about something.