It is clearly troubled. Try again, with quick format but don't use it before checking for errors even if seems alright. However, I don't know which program to use to check drive health.
You could use PW9 surface test until someone else recommends another utility.
hello GokAy... the utility says it is bad disk,,, OMG... is my external dead already?.. thank you
hello to everybody... so i removed the enclosure and then connect the HDD to my desktop... now my desktop is unable to read it... OMG!... i think my external HDD is dead already...
it is ADATA HV620 1TB... is has been purchased for a long time....
anyway can I still revive it?...
thank you...
Unable to read it ?
Does it show up in Disk Management ?
Did Windows try to install drivers ?
yes sir it did show up in Disk management... though it is unknown...
nope windows did not try to install.. it..
Well, at least it`s not dead.
Post a shot of Disk Management with it connected.
And You have been using this drive for a long time on this same pc right ?
No problems til now right, you made no recent changes to it, correct ?
You didn`t run any scans on it or anything like that, correct ?
And You have been using this drive for a long time on this same pc right ?
>>> yes sir i have been using it for a long time.... yup the same pc
No problems til now right, you made no recent changes to it, correct ?
>>>yup no recent changes
You didn`t run any scans on it or anything like that, correct ?
>>>i used PW9 before
Well, it`s not initialized, and it has to be. (either MBR or GPT) what size is it ?
If you have files on it try to recover them with PW, see what happens.
I tried to initialize it but i got this error>>>
the size is 1TB... the files are less important, so it's ok if i loose the files with in the drive.. thanks
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