Question 1TB toshiba hard drive making connecting sound but not showing up in File Explorer,disk management or device management

[ZeroTheQueen]

I have a 1TB Toshiba hard drive that make the connecting sound but not showing up in File Explorer,disk management or device management and it not the hard drive,cable or ports because i tested the drive on my laptop. And i test the cable and ports with another hard drive that work the most odd thing is that it was working just the other day.

 

[rgd1101]

full system spec?
connecting sound from windows? check device management for warning/error compoenents?

 

[seagate_surfer]

Is the drive showing in the BIOS or command prompt?

 

[popatim]

First see if you need to assign the drive a letter in disk management.

if that doesn't work then in device manager, delete or uninstall it and allow drivers to be removed. Then unplug it for a minute and plug it back in. This will reload the drivers.

 

[ZeroTheQueen]

First see if you need to assign the drive a letter in disk management.

How can i do that if it don't show up at all

 

[popatim]

How can i do that if it don't show up at all

Sorry, I missed that you said it didn't show up in Disk Management.
It sounds like the USB/Sata interface board has stopped communicating with the drive. Is this Seagate?

 

[ZeroTheQueen]

Sorry, I missed that you said it didn't show up in Disk Management.
It sounds like the USB/Sata interface board has stopped communicating with the drive. Is this Seagate?

The two that're not showing up are both Toshiba

 

[popatim]

Oh thats good, I don't think Toshiba's have any external drives that are pure USB so if the drive isn't under warranty then you can open the drive up and remove it, disconnect the USB interface board, and connect it directly to a PC or install it into another USB dock/enclosure.

 

[ZeroTheQueen]

Oh thats good, I don't think Toshiba's have any external drives that are pure USB so if the drive isn't under warranty then you can open the drive up and remove it, disconnect the USB interface board, and connect it directly to a PC or install it into another USB dock/enclosure.

How can i do that

 

[popatim]

Which exact Toshiba do you have?

 

[ZeroTheQueen]

Which exact Toshiba do you have?

No idea

 

[popatim]

There's no label or anything on the bottom of it?

 

[ZeroTheQueen]

There's no label or anything on the bottom of it?

Yes the label isn't there