"Bad Disk" On Desktop But Not Notebook

[Zachary Amaranth]

Hey all,

I upgraded my Desktop PC to Windows 10 the other night. At this point, my 3TB hard drive (it's in a USB 3.0 enclosure) stopped being recognised by said Desktop. Computer Manager tells me I need to initialise the disk, and MiniTool Partition Wizard (I had an old drive start working just by booting this up once, figured it couldn't hurt) lists it as a "bad disk."

Here's the thing. It works fine on my notebook. Right now, I've got it offloading the stuff I need to my notebook's internal drive. My notebook is also running 10.

Basically, I'm wondering if the "bad disk" reading means I should be looking at a new drive (or contacting the manufacturer, as I bet this is still under warranty), even though it clearly works elsewhere. For now, I'm salvaging my files and shutting it down, but it strikes me as weird that this would be so unreadable on one computer and not another.

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there, Zachary.

It's good that you're able to backup your data. When you're done with that I'd recommend that you try the HDD with your desktop computer by connecting it internally (via a standard SATA connection) and download the manufacturer's diagnostics tool. Run some tests on the drive (including the long/extended test or whatever it is called), to see if any errors or bad sectors pop-up. If the drive is not recognized by your desktop computer, try to test it with your laptop.

Hope that helps. Please let me know how everything goes.
Boogieman_WD