I took HDD from old HP laptop and put that in external HDD case. I didn't format HDD. I attached that External HDD to another laptop but its not showing up in My computer. It is IDE (40 pin interface) disk. 1. It shows up in BIOS 2. It shows up in Device Manager --> Disk drives as TOSHIBA MK6025GAS USB Device 3. It does not show up in Disk management I tried rebooting the laptop, didn't work. I tried unplugging USB a few times, didn't work. I tried accessing thro PE Builder Live CD, UBUNTU Live CD but it doesnt detect. Tried using a new enclosure as well wherein I got an error (Error code 10) On a couple of occasions it showed up when I did following: 1. Unplug and plug in USB 2. Kill explorer.exe manually and then rerun the same through "New Task" from task manager When I attach HDD to the laptop, I hear HDD spins for abt 5 seconds X 3 times and then i see blinking light. None of the above is working now.. Please help
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From what you have written it seems that the Hard Drive is dead and doesn't have the ability to read the drive.
You will need a new hard drive this one is not recoverable.
click start control panel administrive tools ,computer management ,device manager look through all of your devices if you see a yellow question mark?or exclamation mark ! or red x if you can see your usb but its not working sometimes the wires inside the cable will be damaged due to bending or stretching or placing heavy equipment upon the cable, just replace the cable of the hard disk, when you plugged the external disk drive you got that windows could recognize the USB device change the cable everything should work fine again, check the USB leads that attach to the motherboard usually red-white-green-black make sure they are securely seated and have no dust build up on them dust will cause static and a lot of unforeseen problems if this fails to fix the problem you might have to install a usb 2 or 3 card they are cheap and easy to install you can buy these on Ebay very cheap $2.37 + $2.61 postage worldwide $10.65 free postage You might get these on Ebay im not sure which country you are in this might guide you to one
right click to reinstall drivers or
ports(com&lpt)right click update driver
hope this helps
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Add Email adress
Add Bank Acc
Add Credit Card
also add your postal adress
also add a paypal account
when you get to the paypal login page at the bottom you will see new to paypal sign up tab
paypal to create an account
paypal registration password ,bank card /credit card phone numbers home/mobile ,email adress and a postal adress
be very specific when you type in the search
always ask questions? before you make a purchase and keep the email/s for security reasons if the item arrives and its not as described
you will even see the pictures of your item so you cant make a mistake and get them home delivered
hope this helps
When I attach HDD, I do not get a message 'Windows found a new hardware....'. I have tried this HDD on another laptop but outcome is same.
Under Device management, I see HDD name as Toshiba and USB Mass storage device. No yellow, RED exclamation marks.
Just now, I tried Data recovery utility DiskDigger that was able to detect HDD, size etc. but it was not able to access it. First time when the disk was spinning, i got access denied error and when disk stopped spinning after 5 seconds X 3 times, it gave me I/O error.
Do you suspect firmware or PCB issue?
if you can detect in device manager right click on it select properties If you are running a Windows XP OS then you might be able to:
- Click Properties in the menu that comes up
- Click the Sharing tab
- Click permissions
- And finally, click Allow next to Full Control.
if its completetely dead there is no fix there will be no way of accessing the drive
does it show in computer management
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