Hi Guys,
I have a one TB WD Passport HDD which is not working. When I plug it in, the icon does show up but the moment I click on it my explorer hangs up. The second I unplug the drive the PC is working again fast as ever. Here is the stuff I tried:
1. Ran check disk via CMD... doesn't work. The windows just doesn't respond.
2. Ran SFC ... nothing no response.
3. Booted Linux tried to mount ..nothing happens.
4. Booted into GParted, it keeps loading doesn't respond.
5. At least 5 different hard drive "scanning tools" don't detect the HDD either. They keep loading.
The drive is spinning I can hear it and no clicking sounds either. I have plugged it into another PC, same response. In fact the one I plugged it in earlier is a brand new core i7 8700k with a nvme SSD and 16 gigs of lpx vengeance 3000 ram.
I can rule out malware as Linux will have filtered it out (I think). The hard drive is spinning so it's not a broken header( I hope).
This drive has fairly sensitive data. but I don't really have the dough to shell out 500 bucks for an HDD repair.
Best Regards,
Kaladin Stormblessed!
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