Greetings,
I am back to try again and fix my old Seagate 1tb external Harddrive. It has been broken for many years and I want to give it another try.
So the problem is that I can plug it in and the light on the HDD comes on and i hear it spinning (no clicking or loud odd sounds) and it shows up in the device manager, but does NOT show up in my disk management.
I tried plugging it into a different usb port and tried to update the driver and uninstall the device. I cant uninstall the device because it just endlessly hangs in the uninstall screen.
I believe last time I used a separate program to find the HDD and showed as Unallocated. But that was many years ago so Im sure there are different programs to try now.
I have not opened it up yet. But if its an actual hardware problem, i would be willing to open it and try fixing it myself.
I am back to try again and fix my old Seagate 1tb external Harddrive. It has been broken for many years and I want to give it another try.
So the problem is that I can plug it in and the light on the HDD comes on and i hear it spinning (no clicking or loud odd sounds) and it shows up in the device manager, but does NOT show up in my disk management.
I tried plugging it into a different usb port and tried to update the driver and uninstall the device. I cant uninstall the device because it just endlessly hangs in the uninstall screen.
I believe last time I used a separate program to find the HDD and showed as Unallocated. But that was many years ago so Im sure there are different programs to try now.
I have not opened it up yet. But if its an actual hardware problem, i would be willing to open it and try fixing it myself.
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP DV7-2185dx
- OS
- Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7600 Multiprocessor Free
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9000 @ 2.00GHz
- Motherboard
- Quanta 3624
- Memory
- DDR-2 2.00 GB/ DDR-2 4.00 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
- Sound Card
- (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) High Definition A
- Hard Drives
- FUJITSU MJA2500BH G2 ATA Device 465.76 GB
