Windows 7: Cannot access/format external hard drive, please help

therealbenson · 25 Oct 2011

Okay, in the disk list, it shows up as disk 1, says no media, but says 0 gb for both size and free, which obviously isn't right. Should I proceed?

essenbe · 25 Oct 2011

Are you sure that it is connected right? You can try, but I don't think it will work. When you connect it, can you hear or feel it begin to spin? What brand of disk is it?

therealbenson · 25 Oct 2011

Yeah it's connected, don't hear any sort of spinning though. Can't remember what kind of disk, it comes from an Acer Aspire One netbook though.

essenbe · 25 Oct 2011

What type of enclosure do you have, USB? and I assume it is a 2.5" notebook disk. right?

therealbenson · 25 Oct 2011

Yep, it's a Rosewill USB enclosure.

essenbe · 25 Oct 2011

It has it's own power right? It is begining to sound like the disk is not functioning.

therealbenson · 25 Oct 2011

Yeah. Anything I can do about that?

essenbe · 25 Oct 2011

If the disk is broken, no. In disk management, when you right click the disk can you select delete partition?

therealbenson · 25 Oct 2011

No, I can't.

essenbe · 25 Oct 2011

If the disk won't spin up, there is nothing you can do. Are you sure that the enclosure works?

Windows 7: Cannot access/format external hard drive, please help

Cannot access/format external hard drive, please help problems?