External Hard Drive NOT Recognized on PC

humm think you should just try and leave it till tomorrow then check if it works or not...

 

i think u better get another casing for it.
that sony casing is not a good casing. It happen to before. after changing it, hdd works fine.
the store manager also told me that they change alot of these type of casing for their customer because the chip board for that casing are easily spoil.

u can try borrowing a working 2.5 hdd casing from ur friend to test it out before buying a new casing.

good luck

 

Thanks

Thanks for all the advice and stuff...

I took your advice and waited but it still never worked so I went down to a local PC shop.

Asked them how much it'd cost if they recovered the data for me and it'd cost £99.99-GBP!!

not repairing it too... so I looked for a new enclosure and it only costed £14.99.


Took it home, put in the HDD and now it works fine.. -bigclap

got all my data, work, music, series, films (etc.) back so i'm very happy now.

 

ahaha see it was a shady case afterall

 

so ye it was a shady enclosure after all. its funny how kid is saying that dim8sums case is rubbish when his is working fine lol.

 

lol yeh it works fine and has done for over 2 years, doesnt actually get too hot, but i never use it for extended periods anyways, just to transfer data between comps

 

i do think that if ur using a small hdd, u wouldn't want to use it for extended periods anyway incase it overheats.

 

i only use the hard drive to store data...

don't really use it alot.

only use it once a month or something around that..

 

hahaha i think he got it mixed up XD

 

ye i know lol, funny how they just jump to conclusions cos the case says vaio prob lol.

 

well, i notice it alot of time when i visit my friend when he is working in the pc shop. those casing are from china, its chipboard always get malfunction.

glad it save u alot of money from the recovery service

 

Oh my god...you PAID to have your data recovered? You should have asked us about it. It's a simple process.

First thing to try is plugging the harddrive directly into your computer and see if you get anything. If this works, good back up your data. If this doesn't work that means your harddrive is nearing death. Immediately try the second method.

Unplug the harddrive and slip into an anti-static bag and make sure it's water tight. Put the harddrive into the freezer for 10-30 minutes. After the freezing is done, immediately try the first step again.

 

ok i need some advice um my gf just got this external hard drive
but when i plug it in the pc it does not come up on the pc under my comuter..
it says usb not Recognize does anyone nows wots wrong?
btw here is a pic of the hard drive my gf just got..

 

rele, never tried that before, does it work with normal external hdds too?
@fookjay07 does it work on ur gf pc or a different usb port?

 

err i have the hard drive now and tried using it in my pc and the same thing comes up..

 

try it in another computer first, if it works in other comps, its probably your usb drivers that are broken, go back a page and read Akki's post about what to do

but you can check under disk management to see if the computer can even see the thing

 

ok well i dont know how to explain yea but just look at my screen shots and hopefully u will know what im
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someone plz help for advice thanks in advance...

 

restart the computer, if you cant install the driver, go on to the maxtor website and install the driver for the hard drive - before pluggin it in...then plug bk in

 

its not a maxtor one its a western digital one but yea ok i try that now..

 

yep and it still dont work when i restart the pc...
any more advice?