Hard Disk not getting detected after CHKDSK midway failure

[touchofevil]

Hi,

I am(was 🙁) using SEAGATE 1TB External Hard drive. I used it as a backup data from my Internal drives.

So I kind of understood that I was having trouble with the external drive (extremely slow speeds while copying, unable to read a couple of folders, etc.), and hence I ran a CHKDSK /f /r command on the drive in hopes of fixing any bad sectors. Looking at the console it did look like it found a fair bit of errors and it seems to have fixed them (Lots of index entries). Midway through this process though, my electricity went off and the PC rebooted. Since then the drive is just not getting detected. I have tried removing the drivers and re-plugging the drive in order to install drivers for the same, but the drive is just not getting detected, either on GUI or in BIOS, though the LED on the disk blinks so I guess it is getting connected to PC. Also i can feel some vibration on the external disk so i guess it is trying to read the disk as well.

I have tried connecting it to other windows PCs and laptops, but they couldn't detect the drive either.

I had already lost my internal 1TB drive couple of days ago and thankfully had successfully backed up all of it on the external drive, and now I have lost my external drive as well 🙁. I have my work projects on it, as well as some of my personal files and soft copies of documents, which I probably will not be able to track back. So I need to get that data back. Can someone please provide me a solution?

 

[pcgaming98]

When the power went out, Windows couldnt finish repairing your hard disk, which resulted in a corrupt file system. It also resulted in incomplete / faulty sectors, maybe the boot sector as well, which is why Windows wont acknowledge it as a drive and it probably wont show it as being there.

The thing is, it's there and registered in Windows. Go to Device Manager and go to "Disk Drives" and see if you see it. If you can, right click it, and choose Properties. Select Volumes and tell me what you see there.

Also, for file recovery and things of that sort, I recommend Recuva.

https://www.piriform.com/recuva

 

[touchofevil]

When the power went out, Windows couldnt finish repairing your hard disk, which resulted in a corrupt file system. It also resulted in incomplete / faulty sectors, maybe the boot sector as well, which is why Windows wont acknowledge it as a drive and it probably wont show it as being there.

The thing is, it's there and registered in Windows. Go to Device Manager and go to "Disk Drives" and see if you see it. If you can, right click it, and choose Properties. Select Volumes and tell me what you see there.

Also, for file recovery and things of that sort, I recommend Recuva.

https://www.piriform.com/recuva

Hi, Thank you for the reply.

I do not see it under Disk Drives. I have kept "Show Hidden drives" ticked as well. Also I have downloaded Recuva, but since the drive is not getting detected am not able to use it. Thanks for the tip though

 

[pcgaming98]

Have you tried disconnecting then reconnecting the drive while Device Manager is open? If it refreshes, that means it was categorized somewhere, probably an unknown device.

 

[touchofevil]

Have you tried disconnecting then reconnecting the drive while Device Manager is open? If it refreshes, that means it was categorized somewhere, probably an unknown device.

Nope. It did not refresh.

 

[pcgaming98]

Ouch, it seems your drive is a serious goner then. Sorry to say

 

[touchofevil]

Ouch, it seems your drive is a serious goner then. Sorry to say

Yes The drive was done for.. Anyway, thank you for all the help