My USBHard drive is recognizing by computer but it doesnt work!

[Farahmand]

Hi dear friends!

I Have a USB External Hard drive.When I connect it to any PC, it is recognized by PC but the drives or partitions doesn't appeare in My computer. Also when it is connected to PC, the Hard drive name in Device Manager is shown as "? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?"  Question Marks.

I used it yesterday and It was fine.I dint know what happend to it.

Does anybody have any Idea about it?

Is it possible to repair it?

I have Family Photos in it and is it possible to recover it?

Thanks
Farahmand

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

First, before we do anything, check to see if it works on another computer.

[Farahmand]

Thanks My dear friend!

I checked it on many other systems but it has the same problem.

It is recognized by those PCS but its name shown as: "? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?" question Marks in "Device Manager" and at "Found new hardware" notification message.

[patio]

Right click My Computer and select Manage then Disk Management...
Find the drive there and right click it and select Properties...
Report back with the results.

[Kurtiskain]

Yeah, Patio is on the right track, it may have been corrupted, too. in which case you may need to run an extensive scandisk on it.

OR

the little board inside the enclosure has crapped out on you and needs replacing

you could just remove the drive and set it to slave (if it is IDE) or put it into a spare sata port somewhere and try that way

[Farahmand]

Hi friends!

Thanks a lot!

I toke photos and here they are:

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It doesn't appear in "Disk Management" too.

My windows language is Turkish.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Wait a sec, so it does NOT work on other computers?

[Kurtiskain]

Wait a sec, so it does NOT work on other computers?

nope

I checked it on many other systems but it has the same problem.

It is recognized by those PCS but its name shown as: "? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?" question Marks in "Device Manager" and at "Found new hardware" notification message.

So either the enclosure is stuffed, or the HDD is, can you remove the HDD, set it to slave and use it like you would a normal HDD??

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Kurtiskain....how can you answer Farahmand's question?

Also, why the signature on every post?

[Kurtiskain]

Kurtiskain....how can you answer Farahmand's question?

He told us it is an external Hard Disk Drive

Hi dear friends!

I Have a USB External Hard drive.

Meaning it uses an external Logic Controller to control the hard drive in the case.

Which means it can only be two things if it is doing the same on another machine.

Thanks My dear friend!

I checked it on many other systems but it has the same problem.

And there are either the Logic Board inside the enclosure itself is stuffed, or the hard drive inside is corrupt (from disconnecting and connecting, without safely removing)..which is very unlikely as even then, it would show up as a RAW partition.

So putting the Hard drive in as a slave (2nd drive on IDE channel) would allow him/her to recover anything off the drive he/she likes as long as the drive is still in good condition.

Also, why the signature on every post?

Sorry about that, Got sent a whole bunch of Firefox plugins in a zip folder and it came with it...didn't notice it until you pointed it out

EDIT: sorry just thought of another possibility...I take it this is more of a generic enclosure and uses Male-to Male USB A to B? Try another cable if you can.

[Farahmand]

Hello friends!

Thanks a lot for your assistance!

And there are either the Logic Board inside the enclosure itself is stuffed, or the hard drive inside is corrupt (from disconnecting and connecting, without safely removing)..which is very unlikely as even then, it would show up as a RAW partition.

Dear Kurtiskain your right!

I plugged and disconnected it  many times because I had some important works.

I will impelement your suggestions and will report the result back here.

And please use "He" for me! I am male.

Thanks!
Farahmand

[Kurtiskain]

Glad to have helped

Also that doesn't seem to be quite what I meant but ahh, at least it worked