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Windows 7: Help! I inadvertantly might have messed up my external hard drive
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30 Sep 2012
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Help! I inadvertantly might have messed up my external hard drive
Hey folks I have one of those WD My Book external hard drives that I have been basically using as a storage device for all my images and other essential items I need.
Somewhere along the way I must have done something wrong. Now when I have it connected to my laptop it only shows that it is showing as "CD Drive (I; ) WD Smartware" and at only one gigabyte, this is a 1 TB hard drive. I cannot get the computer to access the rest of the HD, it just shows it as an unrecognisable partition.
is there any thing out there I can use so that I can force the computer to access the rest of this hardrive?
Hopefully I have explained this right. The hard drive used to just be the I drive where I have stored tons of photos and other crucial information that I need to recover. I am thinking of just taking it into some computer guru locally to get all that info back, but I first want to know If I can take care of it myself.
| My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 64 bit
CPU AMD Dual Core 2,2 GHZ
Motherboard dunno...its a laptop
Memory 4GB, upgrading to 8GB
Graphics Card integrated
Sound Card does it need one?
Monitor(s) Displays built in
Screen Resolution lots
Keyboard finger operated
Mouse cat got it
PSU wall outlet
Case plastic
Cooling swamp cooler
Hard Drives 2 x 250 GB
Internet Speed 1 meg
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30 Sep 2012
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
I have two 2tb My Books and I find that one of them has to be unplugged and reconnected to be seen. Have you pulled the usb and reconnected and see what the lappy does. You can also power it totally down and power back up then report what your laptop does and see's.
Also what is it's exact model and model number? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3
Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000
Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker
Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme
Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable
Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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30 Sep 2012
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#3 | |
Windows 8 Enterprise x64 Near Dallas |
Open disk management (Start-Right Click Computer-Manage-Disk Management), right click the drive you are having trouble with, click change drive letter and paths, remove it, then right click it again, Drive Letter and Paths, and add it. Just click OK in the box. | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony VAIO VGN-FZ430E
OS Windows 8 Enterprise x64
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5550 @ 1.83GHz
Motherboard Sony Corporation VAIO
Memory 3.00 GB
Graphics Card (1) Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family (2) Mobile
Sound Card High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6 Inch Screen/HP VS17
Screen Resolution 1280 x 800 x 32 bits @ 59 Hz/1280x1024 @60MHz
Hard Drives FUJITSU MHY2250BH ATA Device
Internet Speed 20.0 MBPS
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Chrome and Opera Primarily
Other Info Windows XP Pro x32, Windows 2000 SP4 also installed in a triple boot.
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30 Sep 2012
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#4 | |
Vista Ultimate X64/ Windows 7 Dual-boot |
Sounds to me like you have the WD software DVD in your DVD drive... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-Built
OS Vista Ultimate X64/ Windows 7 Dual-boot
CPU Q6600
Motherboard ASUS P5K
Memory 4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
Graphics Card EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
PSU OCZ Elite 800W PSU
Case RaidMax Smilodon Case
Hard Drives 500G Seagate SATA
200G Seagate SATA
100G WD Caviar SATA
80G WD Caviar IDE
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30 Sep 2012
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Quote: Originally Posted by 714  Open disk management (Start-Right Click Computer-Manage-Disk Management), right click the drive you are having trouble with, click change drive letter and paths, remove it, then right click it again, Drive Letter and Paths, and add it. Just click OK in the box. I did that and and when I try to open the drive, it wants to reformat in order for me to use it | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 64 bit
CPU AMD Dual Core 2,2 GHZ
Motherboard dunno...its a laptop
Memory 4GB, upgrading to 8GB
Graphics Card integrated
Sound Card does it need one?
Monitor(s) Displays built in
Screen Resolution lots
Keyboard finger operated
Mouse cat got it
PSU wall outlet
Case plastic
Cooling swamp cooler
Hard Drives 2 x 250 GB
Internet Speed 1 meg
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30 Sep 2012
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Quote: Originally Posted by patio Sounds to me like you have the WD software DVD in your DVD drive... No, it is not in the drive, I somehow or another managed to make it so that it always comes up like that....I know absolutely nothing about computers, | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 64 bit
CPU AMD Dual Core 2,2 GHZ
Motherboard dunno...its a laptop
Memory 4GB, upgrading to 8GB
Graphics Card integrated
Sound Card does it need one?
Monitor(s) Displays built in
Screen Resolution lots
Keyboard finger operated
Mouse cat got it
PSU wall outlet
Case plastic
Cooling swamp cooler
Hard Drives 2 x 250 GB
Internet Speed 1 meg
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30 Sep 2012
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#7 | |
Windows 8 Enterprise x64 Near Dallas |
Quote: Originally Posted by Birddude007
Quote: Originally Posted by 714 Open disk management (Start-Right Click Computer-Manage-Disk Management), right click the drive you are having trouble with, click change drive letter and paths, remove it, then right click it again, Drive Letter and Paths, and add it. Just click OK in the box. I did that and and when I try to open the drive, it wants to reformat in order for me to use it Oooh. I think something is wrong with the HD and you might have to format it in order to use it. I had the same thing happen to me with an SD card. Can you post a screenshot of the error your getting? File and data recovery software to unformat, undelete files. Recover deleted files and recover formatted disk or corrupt drives - EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. Screenshots and Files - Upload and Post in Seven Forums | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony VAIO VGN-FZ430E
OS Windows 8 Enterprise x64
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5550 @ 1.83GHz
Motherboard Sony Corporation VAIO
Memory 3.00 GB
Graphics Card (1) Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family (2) Mobile
Sound Card High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6 Inch Screen/HP VS17
Screen Resolution 1280 x 800 x 32 bits @ 59 Hz/1280x1024 @60MHz
Hard Drives FUJITSU MHY2250BH ATA Device
Internet Speed 20.0 MBPS
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Chrome and Opera Primarily
Other Info Windows XP Pro x32, Windows 2000 SP4 also installed in a triple boot.
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30 Sep 2012
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Here ya go-  | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 64 bit
CPU AMD Dual Core 2,2 GHZ
Motherboard dunno...its a laptop
Memory 4GB, upgrading to 8GB
Graphics Card integrated
Sound Card does it need one?
Monitor(s) Displays built in
Screen Resolution lots
Keyboard finger operated
Mouse cat got it
PSU wall outlet
Case plastic
Cooling swamp cooler
Hard Drives 2 x 250 GB
Internet Speed 1 meg
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30 Sep 2012
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#9 | |
Windows 8 Enterprise x64 Near Dallas |
Are there any drivers or software disks for it? You're gonna have to try some data recovery like the Easeus link in my post above yours, or take it to a local computer shop if not. | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony VAIO VGN-FZ430E
OS Windows 8 Enterprise x64
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5550 @ 1.83GHz
Motherboard Sony Corporation VAIO
Memory 3.00 GB
Graphics Card (1) Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family (2) Mobile
Sound Card High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6 Inch Screen/HP VS17
Screen Resolution 1280 x 800 x 32 bits @ 59 Hz/1280x1024 @60MHz
Hard Drives FUJITSU MHY2250BH ATA Device
Internet Speed 20.0 MBPS
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Chrome and Opera Primarily
Other Info Windows XP Pro x32, Windows 2000 SP4 also installed in a triple boot.
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30 Sep 2012
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Quote: Originally Posted by 714 Are there any drivers or software disks for it? You're gonna have to try some data recovery like the Easeus link in my post above yours, or take it to a local computer shop if not. I am doing that right now and it is actually the first software that I tried that is actually scanning the drive, I will let you know the outcome.
PS: By the way- GO Jr! he really needs to get up on that wheel to get that championship, I have seen some serious improvement with him this year, hope he gets the Cup | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 64 bit
CPU AMD Dual Core 2,2 GHZ
Motherboard dunno...its a laptop
Memory 4GB, upgrading to 8GB
Graphics Card integrated
Sound Card does it need one?
Monitor(s) Displays built in
Screen Resolution lots
Keyboard finger operated
Mouse cat got it
PSU wall outlet
Case plastic
Cooling swamp cooler
Hard Drives 2 x 250 GB
Internet Speed 1 meg
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