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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #30 on: August 04, 2011, 02:14:14 PM »
Should the drive be plugged in next to the DVD drive? Or are there SATA ports somewhere else? And how should I go about checking to see if it is recognized in BIOS?
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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #31 on: August 04, 2011, 04:18:35 PM »
patio: I figured out how to check if it is recognized in BIOS, and it was. Now I just need to figure out how to access the data. Even if I have to buy a new drive, it's ok. I just want the data on the drive.
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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #32 on: August 04, 2011, 04:27:32 PM »
Hey everyone, sorry for the frequent posts, but I have an update. I tried connecting the drive internally again, this time using a different SATA port. It was recognized by Windows and it installed drivers. After the drivers installed, it told me that a restart was required. After the restart, the drive didn't show up in Explorer.
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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #33 on: August 04, 2011, 07:03:37 PM »
You need to be checking for the drive in Disk Management...right clik it and select properties...
It sounds like were gettin closer...
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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #34 on: August 04, 2011, 07:12:55 PM »
I checked it in Disk Management and it was detected, but it says I need to initialize the disk to MBR or GPT format. The only problem with that is that my disk has about 400 GB of data on it and I don't know if initializing it will erase the data. I'm currently running a scan using a program called RecoverMyFiles 4.7.2 to try to recover the data on the drive.
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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #35 on: August 04, 2011, 07:20:16 PM »
Initialising will indeed wipe the data...
Not familiar with thet recovery app...

Try Recuva...Free...
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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #36 on: August 04, 2011, 07:29:20 PM »
patio: The only problem is that since the drive doesn't show up in Explorer, Recuva can't find it. It would just be scanning my primary internal hard drive. RecoverMyFiles detected all the drives, including the one in question.
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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #37 on: August 04, 2011, 07:41:34 PM »
Gotcha...
What i think may have happened is th e file allocation table got wonked somehow...
You may want to attempt running chldsk /r on it
I believe that will run from Disk Management even if it's nor being seen by Explorer...
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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #38 on: August 04, 2011, 07:46:03 PM »
How do I do that? Isn't it done through command prompt?
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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #39 on: August 04, 2011, 07:50:50 PM »
Right clik the drive in DM and select Tools...
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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #40 on: August 04, 2011, 08:00:42 PM »
I don't see any option called "Tools"
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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #41 on: August 04, 2011, 08:04:59 PM »
Ooops my bad..Properties 2st...then tools
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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #42 on: August 04, 2011, 08:08:11 PM »
There's no option called "Tools" because the drive isn't recognized in explorer.

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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #43 on: August 04, 2011, 08:24:45 PM »
Use DM...as i said.
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Re: Mini-USB Port on External Hard Drive Broken
« Reply #44 on: August 04, 2011, 08:26:00 PM »
Disk Management? Device Manager? I used Disk Management.
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