Recovering files from broken HDD Media Player

[Donquixote]

Hi,

I've just found my much beloved old iRiver iHP-140 mp3 player in a drawer...it stopped working a few years ago (when I dropped it for the umpteenth time!), but I have almost 40Gb of music stored on there that, try as I might, I haven't been able to replace - and so I was wondering if anybody knew how to access the files, if at all possible? The player still powers-up, but the screen just displays "HDD Error", so it can't be completely dead. It uses (I'm told!) a Toshiba 40Gb HDD. Is there any way I can remove the HDD and conect it to my PC/Mac to access the files?

Thanks very much,
Don

[rojash]

The engine's blown up on my car. If I take it out and put it in a different car, will it start working again?

[Donquixote]

...if it's a seized piston, then YEAH. If you can't think of anything intelligent to say, don't bother.

[ChuckFickens]

Rojash is quite correct though

If it's a knackered hard drive then it's still going to be a knackered hard drive no matter what you connect it to.

The only possibility that is good for you is if the connection to the drive has been dislodged, in which case simply taking it apart and re-seating the connections might help (this is a very slim possibility)

If you listen to the it you should be able to hear the hard drive, knackered drives tend to be quite noisy and make a lot of clucnking/clicking noises.