Question External harddrive failing to be recognized before chkdsk can finish

[roxyapxy]

i have a 1TB Toshiba external harddrive that was working fine until i tried recording OBS to it. the recorded files were inaccessible and likely corrupted, so i deleted them. a day or 2 later, the drive is having issues being recognized or accessed. when i unplug and plug back in the drive, its recognized but the files are not accessible. after a while, windows will fail to recognize the drive again and it wont show as a drive in file explorer anymore. ive tried updating drivers, uninstalling drivers and then reinstalling drivers, and they did nothing. i thought chkdsk would be the next thing to try based off the guides i looked at, but it fails halfway though due to the recognition error. is this just probably a wire error or should i try something else?

 

[faalin]

What is the exact drive you have, it could be the daughter board inside the case going bad or the drive itself. Depending on the drive you might be able to remove the drive from the external case and plug it in internally to the computer to see if it still works.

 

[roxyapxy]

What is the exact drive you have, it could be the daughter board inside the case going bad or the drive itself. Depending on the drive you might be able to remove the drive from the external case and plug it in internally to the computer to see if it still works.

its the "Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0, Black - HDTB510XK3AA"

 

[SkyNetRising]

Unfortunately the drive has usb controller built into it.
It can not be directly connected to a pc with sata cable.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEoAjamhFpk

 

[faalin]

99% sure thats going to be a proprietary plug right on the harddrives main board, so you will not be able to plug that in internally to your computer.

 

[roxyapxy]

99% sure thats going to be a proprietary plug right on the harddrives main board, so you will not be able to plug that in internally to your computer.

yeeeikes! its not too big of a deal though, i only used it for large game downloads (my internal storage is like 230mb) i can always get a new one if needed

 

[Bob.B]

i have a 1TB Toshiba external harddrive that was working fine until i tried recording OBS to it. the recorded files were inaccessible and likely corrupted, so i deleted them. a day or 2 later, the drive is having issues being recognized or accessed. when i unplug and plug back in the drive, its recognized but the files are not accessible. after a while, windows will fail to recognize the drive again and it wont show as a drive in file explorer anymore. ive tried updating drivers, uninstalling drivers and then reinstalling drivers, and they did nothing. i thought chkdsk would be the next thing to try based off the guides i looked at, but it fails halfway though due to the recognition error. is this just probably a wire error or should i try something else?

Try a different usb port.
Try a different usb cable.

 

[roxyapxy]

Try a different usb port.
Try a different usb cable.

different port changed nothing, but ill have to look into a new cable.