Problems with an external hard drive WD 320GB

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Kevin - 19 Jan 2011 à 17:44
 brock lesnar - 12 Jan 2015 à 12:32
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.
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mijack Posts 68 Registration date Monday 28 June 2010 Status Member Last seen 10 December 2012 10
19 Jan 2011 à 20:24
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
Thanks for your help, but it still would not show up in "Disk Management". The only thing that shows up when I plug the hard drive in is the "Safely Remove Hardware". Also when I plug the hard drive in, my computer would be really slow and freeze.
zick-gonna Posts 3 Registration date Thursday 13 January 2011 Status Member Last seen 21 January 2011
19 Jan 2011 à 23:41
your hard drive recognized under BIOS? if still not recognized, ok, maybe physical problems
How do you get to BIOS?
brock lesnar
12 Jan 2015 à 12:32
i had the same problem with my wd 320gb harddisk.Some one please help