Hardrive stop working

[speleo1 10]

Hello

I use a wd 2tb internal harddrive for storage,which i use external with usb ,

was watching a programme then clicked to watch another episode,and the hardrive failed to show in computer,i unpluged it and try it again but no show,

it shows the letter L for the drive in device manager but does nothing,have also connected to other computers but still does not show up,

does this mean that the harddrive as failed.

 

thankyou

[me-and-pippo 12]

Could be dead, best bet is remove the drive from from it's case and try it via cable(s), plugged directly into the pc motherboard.

[geared 317]

Yea with abit of luck it's just the drive caddy, or the USB system thats having a paddy.

 

Sometimes there's a horrible crunching noise made by the hard drive when it dies, and when you try and fire it back up it makes a bunch of other odd noises.

[me-and-pippo 12]

Yea with abit of luck it's just the drive caddy, or the USB system thats having a paddy.

 

Sometimes there's a horrible crunching noise made by the hard drive when it dies, and when you try and fire it back up it makes a bunch of other odd noises.

 

Like someone dragging a sack of pebbles down a cobbled street

[speleo1 10]

its not in a caddy,just connected up by power source and usb,tried to mother board still no joy

you can still hear it working

[paul__b 10]

you could always use the Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool from WD website

[speleo1 10]

Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool from WD website , even though it wont work on comp

[me-and-pippo 12]

Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool from WD website , even though it wont work on comp

 

Is this HD sata, ide, 2.5" or 3.5", I presume you have connected to mobo with required cables, does the drive show up in the bios?

[Billy Mack 10]

Like someone dragging a sack of pebbles down a cobbled street

 

My wife said that to me when I was getting into bed.

[Ghozer 112]

its not in a caddy,just connected up by power source and usb,tried to mother board still no joy

you can still hear it working

 

The physical drive will still be in a caddy of some sort, because there's no hard drives that connect directly to USB....

[corsaman132 10]

Are you using something like this? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-3-0-TO-SATA-IDE-Hard-Drive-Adapter-Converter-Cable-SET-/221546360760?pt=UK_Computing_Drive_Cables_Adapters&hash=item3395312fb8

If so,the power supplies provided are pants and often give up.Best bet is to put it in a pc as someone mentioned.