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Win7 cannot access my WD 1.5T external HD no matter what i try
Hello,
So i dropped my Western Digital external hard drive (3.5'', 1.5T) a few days ago (way past the warranty) and it opened up (the base fell off) so I just clicked the base back in. The usb 2.0 connector is warped but when i connected the external to my comp, everything worked fine. So a couple days after that I wiggled the part that connects the USB cable to the external and right after that point, I have been getting really weird problems with my external.
Here is what happens:
1) whenever i open 'my computer' when the external is plugged in, it takes FOREVER for my computer to respond (there is this green bar that fills up near the address bar). If i try to right click my external, the window automatically freezes and i waited for an hour and still doesn't respond. So i am forced to end task it. If my external is no plugged in, 'my comp' works fine.
2) if i wait long enough for my computer to load completely (takes about an hour) without touching anything, and i try to access my external in ANY way (through browsing for a file through my antivirus, or any software, the software will 100% become unresponsive (says 'not responding' and if i click the window, it goes all while).)
3) sometimes when i try to access my external i get the error "windows cannot access this ________(something, can't remember)'. This rarely happens, and I don't know how to get win7 to give me this error.
4) i tried to scan my external with bitdefender but when i tried to select my external, the window went unresponsive. I waited fora longtime....
5) i tried to get a program called "r-studio" but right when i plugged my external in my comp (after i opened r-studio), r-studio becomes unresponsive...
6) when i plug in my external, instead of saying "600GB free out of 1.3t' and the name i called it, it says "local disk f:\"...when i click it, it asks if i want to format it which i obviously don't want
7) i tried to rename the drive letter with disk management, but that didn't' change anything (changed from H:\ to F:\).
8) whenever i have my external plugged into my comp, my computer windows (windows explorer for example) doesn't refresh when i move/delete a file. I have to manually press f5 to see the changes. Does this mean i have a virus on my external or something??
9) in disk management, the external is shown as "raw". it never use to i think.
I have no reinstalled windows
I have no idea what is going on.
I scanned my comp 2 times with bitdefender. I think this is a virus but I have no clue.
any help would be awesome.
thanks!
edit: i am trying testdisk right now and its taking so long to recognize my external, still just saying "still waiting"...