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[Garavito]

When plugged in it is no longer being shown as a hard drive, it's only listed under windows 7's devices as a "Desktop".

How do I fix this?

[Hero]

I'd try removing the hard drive from the external enclosure and properly installing it internally to a desktop. Then see if the pc can read it properly. If so reformat it, correctly.

I'd get a program that can write 0s to the HDD. This will erase it completely with no turning back. Where as a normal reformat would leave the stuff there somewhat even after reformat because nothing else is written, this would overwrite with nothing. If this is a western digital HDD then the life guard program they have can do such. If not you should look for another.


If the HDD does not register then its more than likely damaged and not spinning anymore.

[Grimm808]

Run a live CD and see if you can access the hard drive from there, ensure the drive spins when plugged into the PC.

If there is no spinning going on something has gone terribly wrong and is probably fucked.

You simply need to either get windows to recognise the hard drive as an actual drive or use another OS to format it properly.

If you go into the windows device manager you should be able to uninstall the device and then replug it to see if it finds it properly again.

[SF]

what does it show up as under disk management?