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Has my external drive become totally useless now??

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sanpaul2020 Posts 2 Registration date Saturday 14 September 2013 Status Member Last seen 15 September 2013 - 14 Sep 2013 à 04:37
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 - 15 Sep 2013 à 13:58
laptop wont read my wd external drive...the icon 'local disc H:' does come...but i cant open it..when i double click it..laptop will start 'not responding'...i tried using disk management options in the control panel..same result..either wont show the drive or will say not responding..and as soon as i unplug the drive..everything will start working...plz suggest sth
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
14 Sep 2013 à 13:21
Yes, the external drive appears to be broken.
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sanpaul2020 Posts 2 Registration date Saturday 14 September 2013 Status Member Last seen 15 September 2013
15 Sep 2013 à 03:53
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???
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
15 Sep 2013 à 13:58
buy a new drive.

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