I defraged my external hard drive and went to bed. When I checked my computer the next day, my F drive(external) wasnt showing up on My Computer, FL studio(music software),or the Quick Launch menu. It was, however, showing up in the task bar as the "safely remove hardware" button. Please help! This drive has so all the music I've made and a bunch of samples and synths.
Have you tried shutting down the computer ... unplugging the hard drive ... re-starting the computer .... and plugging in the hard drive (after the system is all ready for use) ?
It's likely the hard drive was "ejected" ... (after defrag ? or when the system went into standby/hibernation) .... and hence you see the icon in the task bar ... indicating that you can safely unplug the hard drive from the computer.
SOURCE: formatting an external hard drive
Open up Folder Options\View\Show Hidden Files and Folders. Return to your Toshiba HDD. Do you see an hidden files? If so, try to delete them. You may have to change the Properties of these Folders\Files in order to delete them. BE WARNED, removing or deleting any folders or files that Toshiba placed in there could have negative affects on the way your external HDD runs.
SOURCE: External Hard Drive stopped working
u might have to format it in safe mode or buy a new one, if you try it on some one elses comp. and it works it ur comp. but it is most of the time a software issue
SOURCE: How do I reformat my
The disk utility programs should be on the main drive inside the computer...you need to make sure you tell the program which drive you want to erase..Say the external drive comes up as drive "d"..then you want to tell the drive utility software to erase the "d" drive
SOURCE: How to format a Toshiba
Just make sure you have any and all data that you want saved moved elsewhere before proceeding.
SOURCE: I have a 500gb Toshiba
Check the ff:
1. sometimes it needs two sources of power (2 usb ports)
2. wait for some minutes, maybe it takes time to load
First, click to open the Computer, on your "Desktop Screen"
or click on the "Start Button. 
In the (right, shortcut menu), select to open the Computer, by {right} clicking on it. 
Check to see if there's a External Hard Drive 'letter ie; [F:] ?
In the [Device Manager]; check to see: if there is a [Disk Drive] Icon?
!Attention: If 'problem still exist?
{Start Button -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore}
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