My external hard drive is undetectable!

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funky04
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My external hard drive is undetectable!

#1 Post by funky04 »

Hi


My external hard drive's become undetectable after I shut down my computer while Photorec was running. After that, I can see the hard drive neither in "diskpart.exe" nor in disk management. Please help me. Is my hard drive is dead for good? I tried different USB ports but it still doesn't detect the hard drive!

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Re: My external hard drive is undetectable!

#2 Post by cgrenier »

Check with another cable or even better can you plug the disk directly via sata instead of usb...

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