I have a 160GB Samsung Hard Drive. This is my secondary drive and I have all my official documents in it. As a usual routine, I plugged the hard drive into a USB 5.0 to IDE cable to access my files. The moment I powered on my PC, the drive started to smoke and I quickly unplugged it.
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Posted: August/07/2007 at 04:45 | IP Logged
I would strongly recommend you to stop using your drive as it may lead to permanent data loss.
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