Tring to place on computer but computer doesn't read the hard drive

If your not getting any power use a multimeter on the hard drive power cord,, probe orientation doesn't really matter you just get a negative reading if it's reversed. One probe down the middle one of the metal on outside of power adapter. Can't get a probe down middle just stick a paper clip and just probe to that. If it is getting voltage then the dc jack inside the hard drive enclosure could have broken loose take something pointy and gently push the jack on the hard drive if it wiggles it's broken and needs to be re soldered. Comment back for more assistance if needed, General solutions below
Check the following

• With the drive plugged in on powered on place your hand on it should be able to feel it vibrating (if no its not getting power or dead)
• If power and vibrating put your ear to the drive (repeating and squealing are bad, crunching sound is generally ok)
• With the drive plugged in and it sounds ok and it's vibrating[platters are spinning] right click on "Computer"/"My Computer" select manage > Disk Management, locate your drive if it is listed try to initialize it

1. Right Click drive, properties, hardware tab, select drive, properties, volume tab and click populate

If it wont populate or doesn't show at all in storage manager at all either the drive itself is bad or the control in the external enclosure is bad. You can attempt to remove the drive from the enclosure and plug it in directly into the computer but this tends to void it's warranty. If the drive works however you can simply buy a new enclosure for about $12

Comment back if you need more assistance

The problem might be a loose connection or bad configuration file (an autostart ini file that makes the hard-drive do certain things when plugged in) in the root folder of your hard drive. Are you able to connect to it sometime or it doesn't work at all? If you can read it, try backing up all your data and format the hard drive and copy back the backup again. But remember to copy only the needed files and not the system or ini files.

well it's good that you checked all of that, nice job always unplug from your PC when done and turn off ok this a must other wise they will tend to mess up like this, but try this ok go to (my computer) when its pluged in and on if you don't see it, then go to (control panel) and into the (admin tools) and then to (computer management) then to (device manager) look under drives and rightclick on your exturnal and go to properties and do an (update driver) if this fails, do a (disk cleanup) on your all drive connected check all boxes and run it. next do a defrag right after that and defrag all devices as well and then unplug your device restart PC and plug back in and see if it will rec. it and if it does go in to it and do the same thing a disk cleanup on it it's self and a defrag again and that should work if not comment back to me ok good luck and have a nice day the fixist !!!

go to the device settings and try to find it by scanning the usb port.when he removed the info was it still in the case .if not the problem is with the usb out-put board in side the unit.

right click on the drive , format it and it should work, if this not solves your problem go to the shop and use your warranty, it may be broken.

First of all you cannot plug the USB upside down. it always will go only in one direction. as for the **** try right click my computer/manage and see if the disk is been recognised? if not you have a driver issue or a disk issue.

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does the computer turn on?

do any or the lights come on or is it just dead?

if compute does not turn on then you might want to make sure ever thing is plug in ...

if ever thing is pluged in and and still does not turn on this might be the power supply has gone bad ...

if computer turn on and nothing happens this could be a bad hard drive or the OS has messed up first try to but in your reboot disk this still nothing happens then the hard drive could be broken

hope this helps you out have a good day

Hi,

The blinking light indicates something is happening to know open :

http://seagate.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/seagate.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1600

And check the power cord and try with the known good power cord.

You can check this :

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