Unable to detect external hard disk (Buffalo) but still got some blinking

[Ngai Chee Weng]

Hi, I can't see my hard disk from my computer but when I plug in I can see the light still blinking. But just blink for a second and when I unplug and plug it back again, it again some blinking for a second. Any idea how to recover data from my external hard disk?

 

[mesab66]

Go into Computer Management then click on Disk Management.

If you see your external HDD listed it probably wont have a letter assigned. Right click on the drive then select Change Drive Letter and Path. Now Add a drive letter. Your HDD should now become visible to the rest of the system.

 

[Ngai Chee Weng]

hi i don't find my hard disk at the disk management there. anything else?

 

[fzabkar]

What is the model?

Is your drive powered from the USB port or from an AC adapter?

Can you hear the drive trying to spin up?

Can you see it with USBDeview?
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html

 

[Ngai Chee Weng]

Hi mine is using USB connect to my laptop. Ya i can feel some vibration of my hard disk even though the power light is not there. I let my friend see today and he saw that the middle pin at the USB head in hard disk USB already broken. is it due to that? i trying to find the spare part to try out.

 

[fzabkar]

The middle pin is a Data pin, so yes it is important.

See http://pinoutsguide.com/visual/mini-USB.jpg

 

[Ngai Chee Weng]

oh okay, hopefully able to find replacement of that head