Hitachi GDR - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support

Around here, a brand-new "internal" CD/DVD reader/writer is about $40. Note that you can disassemble your current "external" drive/casing, remove the old, and presumably "dead", internal DVD-drive, and insert a brand-new one, in order to "refresh" your external DVD-drive.

Same as any other 3.5" drive.

Master, slave or cable select.

Found this,,,,, https://www.justanswer.co.uk/consumer-electronics/c5uh2-hitachi-xl500-won-t-connect-hear-running-no-light.html hope it helps.

In effect the reading head is almost for sure damaged and there is no easy DIY way to recovery data at home.
If the content is really important you can send it to a company who does data recovery. Service is expensive and probably it is going to cost over $1000, furthermore they do not guarantee success.
This company does hard disk data recovery
Alternatively you can ask to a local repair shop to take a chance , get an Hard disk of same model and replace the disk. I warn you that chance of success working in this last way are very scarce and there is good possibilities that you lose your data forever

regards

The password is your responsibility. If you forgot that's a bad mistake, or if it's belongs to someone else ask them.

They make a external case for a internal hard drive. It will connect to your computer by a usb cable.

use this? it can backup anything. https://www.2brightsparks.com/download-syncbackfree.html

You should be able to buy an external USB drive (or thumb drive) at any electronics store. You can connect a USB hard disk drive or USB memory stick to your TV by using the USB inputs of the TV. This feature allows you to play files stored in a USB drive. 2.5" and 3.5" inch (hdd with external power supply) external hard disk drives are supported. IMPORTANT! You should back up your files before making any connections to the TV set in order to avoid any possible data loss. Manufacturer will not be responsible for any file damage or data loss. It is possible that certain types of USB devices (e.g. MP3 Players) or USB hard disk drives/memory sticks may not be compatible with this TV. Quickly plugging and unplugging USB devices, is a very hazardous operation. Do not repeatedly quickly plug and unplug the drive. This may cause physical damage to the USB player and USB device itself. Do not pull out USB module while playing a file. Media Browser Menu You can play photo, music, and movie files stored on a USB disk by connecting it to your TV and using the Media Browser screen. To do this, perform the following: Connect a USB disk to one of the USB inputs located on the side of the TV. You can connect two USB devices to your TV. If both USB devices include music, picture or video files, USB selection OSD will be displayed on the screen. The first USB device connected to the TV will be named as USB Drive1. Select a device by using up or down arrows and press OK

You will have to use the HDMI port on the mac. provided you have a HDMI input in the projector

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buried in endless spam are you. does it fail on 2nd PC???????????????????????????? but yes, I am the MVP of external HDD< I build my own. Have over 5 here for Backups . lots of causes, for sure bad drive, or missing drivers.. bad HW hardware or BAD software SW. Missing 12vdc 2amp power pack>, lost or using wrong one. when pack above does the HDD spin? usb connected to PC. NO PC stated, NO OS stated, windows/chrome/Linux/android? its at lease 10 years old , see posts back that far. not good old HDD,this old. sold during W7 era. 2009. The drive has 3.5" HDD that needs lots of power (Amps) to start up that big motor inside, and is first thing to learn . 2amps it needs, ok? so if pack is missing it will never startup on any USB port, not rated for 20x standard USB load factors. some laptops only do 0.1amps (100mA) and are useless to startup any hdd motor of any kind. see why here. and see a better extremal solution cheap.! $10 http://www.pcdied.com/external-hdd.html

Hello,
When start your laptop,is their any spinning sound in your hard disk(Hitachi)?
If so, try to go setup the bios ,just watch the laptop either detect or not,
If your laptop detect the hard disk ,again install to the laptop, and remove the new seagate just for recover the data through following step.
Please download hiren boot bootable ISO file ,

Download the iso file from =http://www.fullandfree.info/software/hirens-bootcd-v100/
Mazor problem is most of the user, burn ISO file in data mode and the result, it could not run in boot time.
Burn the iso file, under image burning option from any nero .

Boot from cd, no need to setup bios.
DONT PANIC follow all the steep It is very simple. (Use the down arrow key.)
1.INSERT CD TO CD TRAY
2.Boot from cd

3.Select start boot cd
FOR REPAIR THE HDD DONT PANICI
Choice hard disk tools
1.select HDD regenerator>enter
wait create it auto mode
2.Enter(If you have one HDD)
3.Press "1"ENTER for scan and repair (With out lose any data)
4. press 3 for REGENERATE ALL SECTORS
I will sugest press for "1" and enter
press( 1-9 )any one number and type mb and ENTER
Repair will Start soon.


Insert a pen drive
Restart your laptop and boot from cd
1.Boot from cd
2.Select mini windows
3.you can explore every drive (hitachi) and can copy paste to pen drive.
ALL IT WILL BE POSSIBLE IF YOUR HDD CAN SPIN AND AND READ .
Hope this helps.
Shibuda,
If you are helped you can rate on the 4 thumbs and leave a short comment,because,
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Check the supported movie files that can be played on that tv then look at the file and see what type of file it is. I recommend using MP4, WMA or AVI files

purchase a Roku box

Tried googling for the answer but couldn't find it. Try calling an it support company, I'm sure they'll help you out for free. Perhaps you can try https://www.computersinthecity.co.uk/, they have been helpful to me in the past.

No. http://www.hitachidigitalmedia.com/en-gb/discontinued-products/plasma-tvs/42-106cm/42pd7200

Hi, What is the router/modem model number? Have you tried a different cable? Have you gone into the menu, networking and setup ?

Your motherboard MUST have a SATA 3.0 port. It is usually blue or look closely on the motherboard to see where the 3.0 port is located. If your motherboard doesn't have a 3.0 port your hard drive won't be any faster than a normal hard drive.