Strange problem with external hdd
I've got a 400gb Seagate external drive which I think could have just died
I tried to save to it but got an error, suggesting the drive wasn't available, sure enough look in Computer on Win 7 and it's not listed.
I've got the drive away from the PC now and took the power and USB out so I could have a look at it.
With the drive plugged in power wise and switched on it seems okay - the blue light remains solid on the front. The problem comes when I connect it to the PC (or laptop as I'm doing to test it), basically as soon as you connect it the power light goes off on the front, if you look at Computer on the laptop it just hangs (Vista eggtimer circle thing) for a good 3-4 mins or so, then shows an icon for the drive, whilst the light IS off you can hear the drive spinning inside the caddy.
Double click on the drive icon and you get more not responding nonsense for ages (longer now, perhaps 10mins!) and eventually you get an error: F:\ Is not Accessible. The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
After this I tried plugging it into an XP machine (because the laptop was flat lol), same light business. First time I clicked on the drive icon I got a quick reply - 'The parameter is incorrect', I ried again and I've got the hanging nonsense I had on the Vista laptop then it tells me 'The disk in drive E: is not formatted, do you want to format it now. (Obviously I don't!)
Looking in computer manager I can see the drive - Disk 1 it just shows as 100% free. EEK.
Erm, a little help anyone? Otherwise I'm stumped... getting on the case on Google as we speak, and downloading Ubuntu Rescue Remix to try booting a live CD and seeing what that makes of it
I tried to save to it but got an error, suggesting the drive wasn't available, sure enough look in Computer on Win 7 and it's not listed.
I've got the drive away from the PC now and took the power and USB out so I could have a look at it.
With the drive plugged in power wise and switched on it seems okay - the blue light remains solid on the front. The problem comes when I connect it to the PC (or laptop as I'm doing to test it), basically as soon as you connect it the power light goes off on the front, if you look at Computer on the laptop it just hangs (Vista eggtimer circle thing) for a good 3-4 mins or so, then shows an icon for the drive, whilst the light IS off you can hear the drive spinning inside the caddy.
Double click on the drive icon and you get more not responding nonsense for ages (longer now, perhaps 10mins!) and eventually you get an error: F:\ Is not Accessible. The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
After this I tried plugging it into an XP machine (because the laptop was flat lol), same light business. First time I clicked on the drive icon I got a quick reply - 'The parameter is incorrect', I ried again and I've got the hanging nonsense I had on the Vista laptop then it tells me 'The disk in drive E: is not formatted, do you want to format it now. (Obviously I don't!)
Looking in computer manager I can see the drive - Disk 1 it just shows as 100% free. EEK.
Erm, a little help anyone? Otherwise I'm stumped... getting on the case on Google as we speak, and downloading Ubuntu Rescue Remix to try booting a live CD and seeing what that makes of it
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Any ideas?
"The volume does not contain a recognised file system. Please make sure that all required drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupt"
Cheers.
Strange, the hdd isn't making any unusual sounds and quite suddenly just died.
Would the freezer thing be worth a try?! Or is that just for drives displaying physical damage/noises?