External Hard Drive woes :[

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iDucky

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Hello everyone !
I'm currently in quite a jam and I don't know what to do exactly. I have this Seagate USB external Hard Drive (250 GB). Windows was formatting it then I accidentally pulled the cord out thinking it was me mouse (bloody hell). So I plugged it back in and Windows made the "bagunk" sound that a USB has been connected. However it didn't show up in My Computer so I googled a solution. In Device Manager the Hard Drive comes up fine no exclamation points or anything! However in Disk Management when I click on my drive the bar is black and says unallocated, and also is not initialized. I tried to initialize it but it says "The drive cannot find the sector requested"

Nothing seems to be working so can I get some help?


Much appreciated
-james



(the data on it is not important)
 

My Computer

System One

What happens if you remove and reinsert the USB plug a few times? Does it appear intermittently? You could always see if you can access it from another OS - a live (no-install) version of Linux for example. If you still have no luck, then it could be a fault with the interface circuitry of the enclosure. Alternatively do you have the option to temporarily mount the drive internally and access it that way? If the only option that works is the last one, or if none work and you don't have the option of temporarily mounting the drive internally, then you are looking at a new enclosure.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
    CPU
    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
    Memory
    4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
    Graphics card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0) Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2 Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0 WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
    PSU
    XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
    Case
    Gigabyte IF233
    Cooling
    1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
    Internet Speed
    NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB) WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25 Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
Okay how familiar are you with DOS and its diskpart command line utility.

Before you proceed,if you have an extra cable,try once with it.

1.Run your DOS program with administrator privilege.

2.Once your dos starts-Type diskpart

3.Rescan

4.List disk

5.Check if your device has been listed or not.

6.If it has been listed select the disk and try to format.

7.Make sure you select the right disk no.

This link contains all the info related to diskpart command line utility.

A Description of the Diskpart Command-Line Utility
 

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System One

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