I have tried connecting my Iomega 250 gb USB 2 Hard Drive to my computer and it is telling me that the unit has malfunctioned. Is there any way of getting the data off it?

Dear Friend, Your I-Omega case might be bad or the controller inside that connects everything. I suggest you to get: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Apricorn-Universal-Hard-Drive-Adapter/10811435. and pulled your hard drive enclosure apart, then removed your hard drive and connect with the external adapter. Usually comes with a SATA or IDE connector for data and power adapter. After connecting everything plug into your PC and it should be able to recognize.
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If it got a network port or network connectivity try using through network.

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1. With the device connected to the usb port Right click on My Computer choose
manage. On the left side make sure storage is expanded double click disk
management on the left upper side see if Iomega is listed.

2. If it is on the lower part find your Iomega right click on it choose change
drive letter and paths. Click on change, you will see a drop down arrow click
that choose the first available letter, Now click on change. Open My Computer see
if it is now listed. If it is you are done.

3. With the device connected to the usb port reboot your computer when it comes
back,open My Computer see if it is now listed.


Terry

i had the same problem. you have to be patient. open my computer through the start menu. unplug the hdd wait 15 secs and plug back in. if it still doesnt read try another port. and if it still doesnt work your hdd has a malfunction and you may need a new one

its very easy. just connect to your computer usb port. If your drive requires power put the power adapter. Before connect to frontpanel USB of your system. Once check your front panel usb is working or not. Check with some other memory stick or mouse etc.. Because if your front panel usb connect reverse there is chance to lose your hard drive..

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This is really not a solution, but you should all try to connect your iomega to a imac, and use the Disk Utility (in Utilities folder), if you have any luck the hard drive will be recognized and you will be able to format it

Make sure you don't plug it into a USB hub. Some USB ports on computers can go bad from time to time. See if you can switch it.

If that doesn't work go to the control panel of your computer. Go to administrative tools. Go to computer management. Go to storage and select disk management. Make sure you see that partition for you hard drive. Format it to NTFS if you have to.

Hi,

Try doing flea power & the power cycle.

1. Disconnect all the peripherals like keyboard,mouse,printer, scanner & monitor and power supply from the CPU.

And press & hold the power button for 2 min, it will release the flea power from the mother board.

Restart the system & check.

2. Disconnect everything.wait for 5-10 minutes and then connect every thing.

Restart the system.

If it does not resolve the issue then you can try this :

Check this before you try to edit the registry values. 

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/profiles.1.html

Just remove the registry key it happen when this key is corrupted.

HLKM\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USBSTOR

And delete all references to the external hard drive.

And also HLKM\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB

and found the keys associated with the USB to IDE value.

After restarting the system, the drive shold be detected & configured automatically by the computer.

Disclaimer : I will not be held responsible for anything that happens to your computer as a result of following my guide. Use this guide at your own discretion and risk.

You can use the Disk utility in MAC to run the diags on your drive.

Good Luck.

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does it display in device manager as a non recognized device? You may have to find it in the registry and delete and keys relevant to the drive.

Have a look in Key Local machine, Sys, Control set 001, Class