- Feb 22, 2012
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Hello,
I'm super stressed right now as this hard drive is old, probably 15 years or 10. Anyhow it was working fine today until I unplugged it and switched it to a different usb slot. I've been using it for years on end with no issues until now. I have 300GB of private / family / important stuff on this drive as I wasn't anticipating something like this randomly happening.
Now anytime I plug it in it just causes Windows to hang... I try to do recovery options but it freezes that application and does not appear in the list.
I can give some information to save repeated solutions.
1. It Appears In Device Manager:
http://gyazo.com/8a407d19037540937b8eae8e2eb7eebf
2. It appears in My Computer:
http://gyazo.com/3872ddb0f1414cc7bca9f19e2201c281
3. If I try to use Disk Management or any program of the sort it just doesn't allow the program to load:
http://gyazo.com/86ca7c0fa6c991d43a236c603e000925
4. I tried uninstalling all types of USB devices installed and restarting the computer.
5. I tried using the HDD in a different computer but still doesn't work
6. I tried switching USB Cords, 5 different ones, Also tried using different usb hubs... i.e : usb 2.0 / 3.0
7. Tried using different operating systems 7/8
8. I can't do anything to modify the drive, can't click format, or view it's properties
9. Tried using all CHKDSK types
10. It's clearly readable: http://gyazo.com/d7098e0ef6e09844e4decba576be35cb but only after I unplug it will it notify you that it was there...
I tried everything.
I think I know what the problem is but I can't access the drive to delete the file. I installed a drive today and used that drive as the download path.. It's not a big drive or anything it's just for my Huion 420 Tablet, but everything seemed to happen after this.
Am I screwed? Did I lose all my precious stuff? I feel really down right now as a lot of that stuff is important and I'm really sad right now so I don't know how to feel.
I'm super stressed right now as this hard drive is old, probably 15 years or 10. Anyhow it was working fine today until I unplugged it and switched it to a different usb slot. I've been using it for years on end with no issues until now. I have 300GB of private / family / important stuff on this drive as I wasn't anticipating something like this randomly happening.
Now anytime I plug it in it just causes Windows to hang... I try to do recovery options but it freezes that application and does not appear in the list.
I can give some information to save repeated solutions.
1. It Appears In Device Manager:
http://gyazo.com/8a407d19037540937b8eae8e2eb7eebf
2. It appears in My Computer:
http://gyazo.com/3872ddb0f1414cc7bca9f19e2201c281
3. If I try to use Disk Management or any program of the sort it just doesn't allow the program to load:
http://gyazo.com/86ca7c0fa6c991d43a236c603e000925
4. I tried uninstalling all types of USB devices installed and restarting the computer.
5. I tried using the HDD in a different computer but still doesn't work
6. I tried switching USB Cords, 5 different ones, Also tried using different usb hubs... i.e : usb 2.0 / 3.0
7. Tried using different operating systems 7/8
8. I can't do anything to modify the drive, can't click format, or view it's properties
9. Tried using all CHKDSK types
10. It's clearly readable: http://gyazo.com/d7098e0ef6e09844e4decba576be35cb but only after I unplug it will it notify you that it was there...
I tried everything.
I think I know what the problem is but I can't access the drive to delete the file. I installed a drive today and used that drive as the download path.. It's not a big drive or anything it's just for my Huion 420 Tablet, but everything seemed to happen after this.
Am I screwed? Did I lose all my precious stuff? I feel really down right now as a lot of that stuff is important and I'm really sad right now so I don't know how to feel.
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