Solve : Hardware causes 3 external drives to wipe??

1.	Solve : Hardware causes 3 external drives to wipe??
Answer» I had an issue with my PC RECENTLY (Windows 10) that required a clean install. There were some ISSUES with my old SSD so I bought a new one for the install. Soon after I installed Windows both my old SSD and a 2 TB HDD in an external dock were wiped clean (no readable file system). After doing numerous virus scans I did not another clean Windows install. This morning I had an external USB connected 3 TB Seagate drive get wiped wiped again with no readable file system. I did virus scans on the Windows SSD and found nothing. Can this be hardware issue?Unlikely a hardware issue, more likely software. It WOULD take software a long time to delete the whole of a 2 TB usb drive. I suggest checking the drives for data with a drive hex editor like this one. https://www.diskgenius.com/how-to/hdd-data-recovery.php This will show if the files are still visible , allow you to display the drives contents as hex and ascii and run a file recovery. Another PROGRAM which may show why the drives are getting erased is HDsentinel

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