Can't access my 2 TB Hard Drive anymore (not typical)

[J-man80]

Hello HDD experts,

I wanted to turn my external hard drive into an internal one. I took it out of the case, installed it in my box... nothing there. I tried multiple power and sata cables, then I assumed that maybe it needed a special driver to run as an internal drive, but there is nothing available on Toshiba's website for it.

Eventually I decided to put it back in it's case and just continue using it as an external drive. When I hooked it up and went to access it, nothing... I'm able to see it when I check the "show hidden files" box, but I can no longer access it. Instead I get a message saying "Please insert a disk into (z)". I tried to just format it, but I got another message saying: "There is no disk in drive Z:"

This drive worked perfectly before I did all this. Have I somehow rendered it completely unusable? I've done this with other drives in the past with no issues.

This drive was encrypted with Bitlocker; could that have something to do with it?

My specs:

i7-6700K
GTX 970
Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 LGA1151
16 GB RAM
840 Evo SSD (System drive)
Windows 10 Pro

HDD with problem: Toshiba DWC120 2TB External

http://www.mediafire.com/view/7xnnc3izd40ncej/Screenshot_%285%29_LI.jpg

 

[SkyNetRising]

Post screenshot from Disk Management.

 

[J-man80]

Here's a link: http://www.mediafire.com/view/7xnnc3izd40ncej/Screenshot_%285%29_LI.jpg

Thanks

 

[SkyNetRising]

How about screenshot, when the drive is connected internally? (not with external usb box)

 

[J-man80]

How about screenshot, when the drive is connected internally? (not with external usb box)

It doesn't show up in Disk Management when connected internally, or Device Management. It only shows up in any of those when it's connected externally.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Then either the drive is dead or you connected it to sata port that is disabled.

 

[J-man80]

Then either the drive is dead or you connected it to sata port that is disabled.

That's what I was afraid of. I just thought it was strange that it worked perfectly before I tried to connect it internally...

Thanks anyway