My External Hard Drive Won't Work

[Borg__]

I've been using a Seagate Hard Drive. When i plug it in it shows nothing, but when i unplug it a message pops up and tells that i need to format my disk. The question is how im gonna format my disk if that message pops up only when i unplug the USB? Please reply asap.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Plug it in and initialize it in Disk Management.

 

[Borg__]

Plug it in and initialize it in Disk Management.

How do i find this disk management? Im in windows 7.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=1284#win
How to access Disk Management in Windows

It should have already been formatted if you were using it , unless it's dying or glitched in some manner.

Format will wipe the drive clean.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Borg__,

If you have some data stored on it, you can see if you can retrieve it first: https://www.lifewire.com/free-data-recovery-software-tools-2622893

If you don't have any, you can go to Disk Management as SR-71 Blackbird suggested and perform the required actions. (initialization, format, etc.)

It would be a really nice idea to check the drive's health status out. You can use some of these: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[Borg__]

https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=1284#win
How to access Disk Management in Windows

It should have already been formatted if you were using it , unless it's dying or glitched in some manner.

Format will wipe the drive clean.

The problem is it doesn't appears in the computer neither in the disk management

 

[D_Know_WD]

You can attach it to another computer with a different USB cable.
If the drive is not recognized by Disk Management, I doubt you will be able to access it with software tools.
If the drive is under warranty, you can contact the place you got it from and eventually RMA it.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD