I had my portable external hard drive in while i was installing windows 7 and now it doesn't show up?

chunky_06

I always have my hard drive in, and i installed windows 7 and everything went fine but then when i clicked on my computer my hard drive wasn't being shown and it hasn't showed up since? Any help anyone?

Answer
First, remove and reinsert the drive to see if it detects it or not. It's a good idea to try it on another computer too. Try opening disk management to see if its there or not (start, right click on my computer, click manage, then choose disk management on the left column). If it shows up as free space, then you could create a partition and use it.

The drive enclosure might be bad.
Then try contacting the manufacturer if you have warranty, if not then you should disassemble it and use the bare hard drive in your computer to see if it works or not, because the enclosure might be broken. If that doesn't help, then your drive is bad.

Western Digital Hard Drive Not showing in windows 7?

wemo_anaya

It's running as usual when connected, no weird sounds or anything unusual. Its a portable hd, and I have a non portable that pulls up fine, connected as well. Usually have both connected, no problems, but recently the portable won't show up in my computer or disk management... Have no idea what to do now...

Answer
Never buy WD cause it's cheap Seagate Barrucada is the most reliable.

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