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Solve : External HDD not working?

Answer» <html><body><p>I am running Windows 8.1 Pro.<br/>I tryed to plug the external HDD in, suddenly after <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/plugging-601591" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about PLUGGING">PLUGGING</a> it in and then out Windows said "the last device I plugged in malfunctioned" and then installed drivers for "Unknown USB device" or whatever.<br/>Anything after that it just won't work. This has <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/backups-391898" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BACKUPS">BACKUPS</a> of more then 1GB of music (which is already on a 16GB USB drive) and more then 100 videos!Have you tried it on a different computer?It has been tried on a laptop, with same OS.<br/>I don't <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/remember-621937" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about REMEMBER">REMEMBER</a> when it was bought xD I was able to get it to work before xD<br/>I can't even get this to work! Come on! The unfortunate fact is, hard drives die.The laptop actually recognized the external HDD fine...<br/>A USB works fine in it, but an external HDD doesn't!<br/>I have lots of files on it that my USB doesnt!Quote</p><blockquote>The laptop actually recognized the external HDD fine..</blockquote><br/>I don't quite get what this means...Patio, refer to this:<br/>Quote from: simplyTechy100 on March 06, 2014, 09:45:26 PM<blockquote>It has been tried on a laptop, with same OS.<br/>I don't remember when it was bought xD I was able to get it to work before xD<br/>I can't even get this to work! Come on! <br/></blockquote>simplyTechy100,<br/><br/>Pleas explain. <br/>What type is the HDD?<br/>What USB adapter us used?<br/><br/>The most common failure with external Hard drives is the power <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/supply-771793" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SUPPLY">SUPPLY</a>. After that, the data cable and electronics. Often the Hart drive itself is alright. Unless you threw it across the room. <br/>open command prompt under administrator privilege and type "chkdsk /f <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/x-236843" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about X">X</a>:" (without quotes).. X=drive letter of the mounted hard disk... You can obviously ignore the above post if your system can't see or access the drive</body></html>


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