External Hard Drive not showing up anywhere

[blueshift314]

Hi everybody. I have a problem My 3TB Western Digital Hard Drive is not showing up on any PC I connect it to. The light on the drive itself is on, but no where on the PC does it register.

I am pretty sure the disks aren't spinning either, but that is probably because the computer isn't picking it up, and no vice-versa. Any help with this?

 

[Sardonicus]

Please fill in your specs.
http://www.piriform.com/speccy
Some motherboards require that you configure the BIOS to accept larger drives (2, 3Gb>).
If you're positive that the disks aren't spinning, then that's a red flag as to why the computer doesn't see the drive.

 

[blueshift314]

The drive used to work, but then it stopped working one day. Probably because I dropped it. I also unplugged it from the laptop without first ejecting, but I'm not sure how harmful that can be

edit: I just unplugged and plugged it in, and the disks were spinning but then they slowed to a stop.

 

[blueshift314]

Please fill in your specs.
Speccy - System Information - Free Download
Some motherboards require that you configure the BIOS to accept larger drives (2, 3Gb>).
If you're positive that the disks aren't spinning, then that's a red flag as to why the computer doesn't see the drive.

How do I know if my motherboard is one of these ones?

 

[blueshift314]

Just wondering if anyone has any idea as to my earlier question

 

[Zazai Eagle]

I have precisely the same problem with my HDD as yours. I guess i dropped it too, when i plug it in my laptop, its light's on, but it ain't showing me nothing at all neither in the Disk Management stuff. I took it to an engineer, but he said its media was damaged, well, I am worried coz it contains a highly important data, Guyz please help both of us.