External Hard Drive unrecognized and not showing up in Diskmgmt
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Joe
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Jun 1, 2016 at 03:00 PM
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017 - Jun 3, 2016 at 03:38 AM
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017 - Jun 3, 2016 at 03:38 AM
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R2D2_WD
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Jun 2, 2016 at 05:24 AM
Jun 2, 2016 at 05:24 AM
Hi Joe,
So, right now, the external cannot be recognized by several PC and is not detected in Disk Management? I would try changing the USB cable. Open the Command Prompt and use the commands:
Diskpart
List disk
Is the drive listed there?
Furthermore try connecting the drive to a Linux PC or boot from a Linux Live version. No installation is needed. You only have to boot from a bootable USB. Check if the drive is recognized.
Hope this helps
So, right now, the external cannot be recognized by several PC and is not detected in Disk Management? I would try changing the USB cable. Open the Command Prompt and use the commands:
Diskpart
List disk
Is the drive listed there?
Furthermore try connecting the drive to a Linux PC or boot from a Linux Live version. No installation is needed. You only have to boot from a bootable USB. Check if the drive is recognized.
Hope this helps
Jun 2, 2016 at 02:24 PM
As for Linux, I don't even know a thing about that system except that it exist lol. And no one I know has it.
Jun 3, 2016 at 03:38 AM
You can freely download a Linux live version. Burn the files on a bootable flash drive and boot the PC with the drive. Linux will load with no installation required. The interface should be very similar to Windows’s. Search for your drive and try to save the data. If none of this works or you manage to save it all, restart the PC, unplug the USB and Windows will load normally.