hard disk not showing up External HDD Not working.

[Biraj Lamsal]

My external hard drive doesn't shows up .Can anyone can help. The cable is working. I don't care about old data. I only want my drive work again,

[VioletBiscuit56]

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[Biraj Lamsal]

Just now, VioletBiscuit56 said:

Have you damaged it, moved it while writing/reading etc 

I don't think so. It was working 1week before but when I tried it yesterday It didn't work

[VioletBiscuit56]

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[Biraj Lamsal]

4 minutes ago, VioletBiscuit56 said:

What ports does the hard drive itself have on it

USB3.0 

Amazon.com: WD 1TB Black My Passport Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBYNN0010BBK-WESN: Computers & Accessories

this is my drive

 

[VioletBiscuit56]

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[Biraj Lamsal]

1 minute ago, VioletBiscuit56 said:

Ok if it has two+ try the cable in a different one or try to plug the other end into a different port in the pc. Basically try to switch out anything that might be faulty

I tried it from 2 other cable but it still doesn't shows. But led glows .

[Radium_Angel]

13 minutes ago, Biraj Lamsal said:

I tried it from 2 other cable but it still doesn't shows. But led glows .

It's entirely possible the electronics have gone bad on the external drive. I've seen it again and again and again.

Assuming you have speakers, if you unplug and re-plug the drive into a different USB slot, does Windows make the "connected/disconnected" sound?

[Biraj Lamsal]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

It's entirely possible the electronics have gone bad on the external drive. I've seen it again and again and again.

Assuming you have speakers, if you unplug and re-plug the drive into a different USB slot, does Windows make the "connected/disconnected" sound?

yes it makes connected and disconnected sound

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, Biraj Lamsal said:

yes it makes connected and disconnected sound

Ok, so windows still sees at least part of it, does the Event Viewer shed any light on things?

[Biraj Lamsal]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Ok, so windows still sees at least part of it, does the Event Viewer shed any light on things?

Yes there is an led in HDD and it is glowing.

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, Biraj Lamsal said:

Yes there is an led in HDD and it is glowing.

That only means it's getting power, that doesn't mean the drive is good, again, what does the Event Viewer have to say?

[Biraj Lamsal]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

That only means it's getting power, that doesn't mean the drive is good, again, what does the Event Viewer have to say?

what is event viewer can you explain.

[Radium_Angel]

15 minutes ago, Biraj Lamsal said:

what is event viewer can you explain.

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-event-viewer-windows-10

 

[Biraj Lamsal]

43 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-event-viewer-windows-10

 

[Radium_Angel]

4 minutes ago, Biraj Lamsal said:

Right, now go into the Windows Logs, and the System Logs, and see if there are any Yellow Triangles or Red Exclamation Points, specifically when dealing with your external drive.

[Biraj Lamsal]

4 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Right, now go into the Windows Logs, and the System Logs, and see if there are any Yellow Triangles or Red Exclamation Points, specifically when dealing with your external drive.

yes there is

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, Biraj Lamsal said:

yes there is

I can't full read that, but it looks like the drive is going bad.

[Biraj Lamsal]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

I can't full read that, but it looks like the drive is going bad.

 

[Radium_Angel]

13 minutes ago, Biraj Lamsal said:

 

Any red Exclamation points in the System section?

[Biraj Lamsal]

4 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Any red Exclamation points in the System section?

There is

[Radium_Angel]

25 minutes ago, Biraj Lamsal said:

There is

Drive is bad, look into something like DiskGenuis and see if it can see your external drive (which is likely the volume F that Event Viewer is referring to) and see if it can scan it.

 

CAUTION: DISKGENIUS IS VERY DANGEROUS SOFTWARE!!!! YOU *WILL* WIPE YOUR DRIVES IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

[Biraj Lamsal]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Drive is bad, look into something like DiskGenuis and see if it can see your external drive (which is likely the volume F that Event Viewer is referring to) and see if it can scan it.

 

CAUTION: DISKGENIUS IS VERY DANGEROUS SOFTWARE!!!! YOU *WILL* WIPE YOUR DRIVES IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

OK. But now what to do.Can my drive again work

[Radium_Angel]

14 minutes ago, Biraj Lamsal said:

OK. But now what to do.Can my drive again work

Maybe. Maybe the drive is physically defective, in which case you need a new one.

Won't know until it's scanned for errors and those errors either fixed, or marked as unfixable