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Hello.

what is the matter with my portable HDD. i plugged it in to my computer and it started to do this. i always do eject hardware safely is it corrupted or is it dead. Its not making any clicking sounds. Is there any way i can get it to work i have some files i need to get off of it. thanksIMG_20141006_213710067_HDR.jpg

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make a partition

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The .inf file is corrupted or it is a faulty(dead) HDD. This could have happened with either the drive itself being messed up for a number of reasons or it can be just the board in the HDD case that has died. To be sure i would advise you carefully take out the HDD and connect it to a desktop via the SATA/IDE connector, which ever one you have. 

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The .inf file is corrupted or it is a faulty(dead) HDD. This could have happened with either the drive itself being messed up for a number of reasons or it can be just the board in the HDD case that has died. To be sure i would advise you carefully take out the HDD and connect it to a desktop via the SATA/IDE connector, which ever one you have. 

photorec says that the main part of the drive has no partition. i thought it might be dead but every thing sounds normal.

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photorec says that the main part of the drive has no partition. i thought it might be dead but every thing sounds normal.

Weren't you using it before this happened.....if so how can it not have a partition? weather it is simple volume or multiple partitions there is still a partition one you have used it for some file or what ever.

 

On another note, i would contact seagate's support as i have recently gotten an e-mail from seagate of my HDD firmware needs to be updated to the latest version yada yada, contact them and hear what they say.

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Weren't you using it before this happened.....if so how can it not have a partition? weather it is simple volume or multiple partitions there is still a partition one you have used it for some file or what ever.

 

On another note, i would contact seagate's support as i have recently gotten an e-mail from seagate of my HDD firmware needs to be updated to the latest version yada yada, contact them and hear what they say.

i was using it before this started. i fixed it by running chkdsk /f 

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i was using it before this started. i fixed it by running chkdsk /f 

cool. Now save your data and do do a proper re-formatting via Computer Management by right clicking My Computer and selecting Manage then Disk Management.

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