I have plugged in seagate 250 GB seagate expansion portable drive into windows 7 but the disk is not detected. Can you help me how to resolve this ?

Not a DIY task. You need a professional with data recovery skills. There are few good ones around.

@swaroop_2k6

You can let windows format the portable HDD by doing the following:

For XP / Vista / Windows 7
1. Click Start > Computer (My Computer for XP)
2. Right click on the Removable Disk and click Format



3. Put a check on Quick Format and leave the other settings to Default and click Start

It is possible the usb port is not giving enough power for the device, theres a cable the allows you to connect the device to 2 usb ports to get more juice, maybe that could help.

Hi,

You can try to use a different usb port of your computer check if it will be detected or try to plugged a different usb device see if it will be detected by the computer.If you have a different computer try to check if it will be detected. If the computer detects a different device it only means that the hard drive that you are connecting to the computer is faulty.

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How to Run chkdsk to Check Repair Drive in Windows 10 8 7


This link gives two ways to try. If the hard drive has problems that can't be resolved with these, please reply with further information.

If it shows up in my computer then just double click on it as you would the C drive or dvd or cd it should put the driver in already if it is showing remove safely sometimes it will require a reboot after it is installed

u can try some hit and trial...
1 - keep ur USB HD off and switch on the PC then switch on the power on USB HD
2 - try another USB port
3 - try another USB cable connector
4 - check ur Device manager/usb root hub settings/power setting, uncheck the box that says" alow computer to switch off power....in Power Mgt tab

Check if the jumpers on the hard disks are in the right position.

help me

have u installed sata raid driver in Win XP ur system might not contain the driver for SATA drive pls download and install

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/T8Clearance.aspx?sType=&agr=Y&ProductID=2300&DwnldID=17268&url=/17268/eng/iata87enu.exe&PrdMap=&strOSs=45&OSFullName=Windows*%20XP%20Home%20Edition&lang=eng

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