Did my external hard disk break down because I stored too much data in it(only 5MB free space left)?True?

Will my external hard disk break down if I store too much data in it?


My external hard disk is almost full. However, I kept trying to store more data. Suddenly all the icons of my files in my external hard disk dissppeared. However, it showed that there is only 5MB left. But I can't find any of my files. They are all missing. Then, I unplugged the external hard disk . Now my laptop can't detect my external hard disk after I plugged the hard disk drive back into the laptop.My external hard disk has been making some " sizzling sound " and very hot .


However, my laptop can detect my friend's external hard disk.





Question 1) As the title question


Question 2) I really wanna recover all my files. Should I take into the data recovery specialist? Or I reapair it my self ?


Question 3) I believe I haven't dome anything wrong to my external hard disk. Why do I deserve this ? Can this be avoidable?





I 've just bought my external hard disk for several months. It's name is Maxtor OneTouch Mini4 ( 160GB)


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Did my external hard disk break down because I stored too much data in it(only 5MB free space left)?True?
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Did my external hard disk break down because I stored too much data in it(only 5MB free space left)?True?
Well if yiou only had 5MB left, im assuming that is the problem..





I would take it to a data recovery specialist, yes!
Reply:try deleting siome files and they should re-appear trhey are much different from an internal hard disk as the internal hard disk have the motherboards to back the internal warnings up external ones will not alert you untill your dangoursly low on memory delete some files thats all i can suggest good luck





avoiding this is easy use only essential saving do not save junk on it
Reply:Since you can read another hard disk it would seem that there is no problem with your OS.





I would strongly suggest taking the hard disk to a recovery specialist otherwise you risk losing your data if you try to recover it yourself. Do not try writing anything to it now as you may cause some data to be totally unrecoverable.