Has my external drive become totally useless now??
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Sep 15, 2013 at 01:58 PM
xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Sep 15, 2013 at 01:58 PM
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Sep 14, 2013 at 01:21 PM
Sep 14, 2013 at 01:21 PM
Yes, the external drive appears to be broken.
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Sep 15, 2013 at 03:53 AM
i did sth suggested by many sites...now i can see my drive in disk management...
i deleted the volume as that comes in th disk options..now when i try to format the drive, it wont format..it will show sth sayin 'ur drive cant be formatted due to I/O error'..whwt is this? n what sud i do???
i deleted the volume as that comes in th disk options..now when i try to format the drive, it wont format..it will show sth sayin 'ur drive cant be formatted due to I/O error'..whwt is this? n what sud i do???
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Sep 15, 2013 at 01:58 PM
Sep 15, 2013 at 01:58 PM
buy a new drive.
