

- #Hp simplesave external hard drive recovery portable#
- #Hp simplesave external hard drive recovery Pc#
Thanks ahead of time, the data on this disk isn't valuable enough for me to pay for a professional to restore so no need to suggest that option. My questions: if this is a hardware problem with the USB / SATA PCB, can I look for another similar PCB and just swap them out, or is there specific information on this PCB that will prevent a new (similiar) PCB from allowing me access to the data on the disk?Īlso, are there any other steps I can take to diagnose the USB / SATA PCB as this seems like purely a problem with just the PCB? Manufacturers suggested list prices are: SimpleSave Portable: 320GB, A139 2.5-inch hard drive, 500GB, A199 SimpleSave Desktop: 1TB hard drive, A179 2TB hard drive, A449 (Estimated Australian list price. I understand that the USB to SATA PCB contains an Initio chip which probably means AES 128 'hardware' encryption. Pricing and availability SimpleSave external hard drives will be available in August. There were no telltale hardware failure noises, HDD sounds and seems to respond perfectly normal. After installation, clicking the icon from the desktop launches the software.
#Hp simplesave external hard drive recovery Pc#
After the installation process is complete, connect the drive to the PC and follow the steps mentioned below.
#Hp simplesave external hard drive recovery portable#
gpg files (possibly a coincidence, although I'm not sure). It supports all HP External Hard Drive modes, such as HP USB 3.0 500GB Pocket Media Drive, HP p2050 Series 500GB Silver Portable Hard Drive, HP SimpleSave md1000h External Hard Drive, HP SimpleSave 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive, HP External Portable USB 3.0 Hard Drive, HP Desktop 1 TB USB 3.0/2.0 External Hard Drive, HP Desktop 2 TB. The HP Simplesave recovery software is available as a trial version and downloadable from the official website with ease. Using TestDisk / PhotoRec, I was able to scan the entire drive and even found 20+GB of.

When I bypass the USB/SATA PCB (directly connecting via SATA internally), I can see the HDD although only 'unpartitioned' space. After taking the hard drive out of the enclosure and plugging in a mini-USB cable, a blue LED lights up and a faint click click noise can be heard which repeats itself every second. I'm trying to restore data from a HP SimpleSave 320GB USB external HDD that is no longer recognized by Windows / Linux (no connection noise, nothing).
