Problems with an external hard drive WD 320GB
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Hello,
I have had my WD 320gb for 2 years. It had been working perfectly fine until yesterday. My computer does not recognize it anymore. I have tried many solutions but it still would not work. When I plug the hard drive in, it does not show up in "My Computer". I go to "Disk Management", but it doesn't show up there either. The only thing that shows up when I plug it in is the "Safely Remove Hardware" thing. Please help me because I got a lot of important files in my hard drive.
I have had my WD 320gb for 2 years. It had been working perfectly fine until yesterday. My computer does not recognize it anymore. I have tried many solutions but it still would not work. When I plug the hard drive in, it does not show up in "My Computer". I go to "Disk Management", but it doesn't show up there either. The only thing that shows up when I plug it in is the "Safely Remove Hardware" thing. Please help me because I got a lot of important files in my hard drive.
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mijack
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Jan 19, 2011 at 08:24 PM
Jan 19, 2011 at 08:24 PM
Hi,kevin
How about try this?
Unplug your drive and shut down your computer;
Restart the computer;
Then wait a few seconds;
Then plug the WD via USB cable into the computer
This clears the hard disk buffer. See if the externa drive will show up in disk management.
Regards
How about try this?
Unplug your drive and shut down your computer;
Restart the computer;
Then wait a few seconds;
Then plug the WD via USB cable into the computer
This clears the hard disk buffer. See if the externa drive will show up in disk management.
Regards
zick-gonna
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Jan 19, 2011 at 11:41 PM
Jan 19, 2011 at 11:41 PM
your hard drive recognized under BIOS? if still not recognized, ok, maybe physical problems
Jan 20, 2011 at 05:08 PM