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by wrkquake2ra2 1 view

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Hello,
I have a WD600 Hard drive that I was using to back up some files. For some reason the HD stopped working. I have tried several data recovery programs and none have worked, but I'm not concerned about the data because I still have all the originals. I just want to get the HD working again. I checked the Device Manager and that detects the HD with no problems, but when i go to the Disk Manager the drive doesn't appear there. So I am unable to format the drive nor partition it. I know I can just get a new and bigger HD for cheap but I will do that as a last resort. Any thoughts???

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by boxfiddler Hot topic

an internal or external hard drive? Have you tried changing the View in Disk Manager?

by nepenthe0

Run [i]chkdsk.exe[/i] on the suspect drive. If the external hard drive is assigned drive letter [b]E[/b], type the following into the Run menu:

chkdsk.exe E: /F

This program will [i]fix[/i] sector errors, following which the drive might be recognized in Disk Manager.

If this doesn't help, download the free Seatools diagnostic utility from Seagate:

http://tinyurl.com/yvq99t

Install Seatools, and run the diagnostic package on the suspect external hard drive.

Rick/Portland, OR

by oh smeg

Use the WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS available here

http://tinyurl.com/58fvyg

If it is any other type of Drive get the same Utility from here to test the function of the Drive. You need to make sure that the Drive Tests OK before you attempt to do anything else.

http://tinyurl.com/5uppmy

Col

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