Seagate ext hard drive not responding
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Either the enclosure is bad, or the drive is going bad. I'd first try booting into a live Linux CD (Such as Parted Magic) and see if you can access the drive.
If you still don't have luck, try removing the external enclosure of the drive and put it in another computer as a slave, or use a USB bridge like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002 Again, if Windows can't access it, try the Linux CD again.
Let us know if you have anymore questions.
If you still don't have luck, try removing the external enclosure of the drive and put it in another computer as a slave, or use a USB bridge like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232002 Again, if Windows can't access it, try the Linux CD again.
Let us know if you have anymore questions.
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It can be that the partition is corrupted.
Can you delete ALL partitions and then format the HDD or is that also not working?
Can you delete ALL partitions and then format the HDD or is that also not working?
S.T.A.R.S.
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Sh!t I didn't know I was THAT smart
I made a small tutorial on how to do that just recently on this forum.Here is the link:
http://www.computerforum.com/208819-how-prepare-external-hard-disk-drive-use.html
By the way computers aren't hard to learn.I can teach you about them whatever you want.
Cheers!
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Christina, just so you know, if there is data on the drive you still need, don't attempt what Stars is suggesting just yet.
Read through my previous post, and see if that helps. Let me know if you have any questions.
A few more tidbits of info that might help figuring this out.
I right clicked the computer icon, went to manage, then disk managment. It shows the drive as online, heathly and RAW.
Voyage, I will try what you said but I dont have the linux software or a cable for slave hookup yet.
I've messed around on google and found a few site that sell data recovery software. Should I go that route or wait?
I right clicked the computer icon, went to manage, then disk managment. It shows the drive as online, heathly and RAW.
Voyage, I will try what you said but I dont have the linux software or a cable for slave hookup yet.
I've messed around on google and found a few site that sell data recovery software. Should I go that route or wait?
Download parted magic (I'd provide a link, but I'm on my tablet - just google it). Burn it to a CD and see if you can access the drive.
You can select the folders and copy them to your computer, or to another external hard disk.
Don't worry about that. For now, just copy the folders to another drive.
Don't worry about that. For now, just copy the folders to another drive.
If the drive is on its way out, then yes.
Just save it directly to the C:\ drive. It'll be listed as the size of the drive + Volume (Ex: 120GB Volume). Save it somewhere there (that's your main hard drive).