My Hard Drive boots up windows 7 but it was read as a raw partition

[Michael Karam]

Hey Everyone !, I have WD 1TB hard Drive It opens up the windows Perfectly but when I connect it with another PC but USB as an external HD it was read as raw and tells me to format it.. actually I formatted it once before and made a new Windows image but it has the same issue with another PCs I thought that the issue from the cable but I tested another HD and it was read perfectly, Please tell me how to make it readable..
Thanks,,!

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Michael Karam,

Sorry that you are facing some issues with your WD drive.
It may be a good idea to back up the data stored on it until you sort this out.

What is the model of the drive? In case it is a 3.5'' one, you will need an external enclosure with a power supply as USB can't really power up a desktop drive.
Was the drive working fine after you have reformatted it?

You can test the drive with WD's Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool as well: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=JvVju1

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD