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I hate this life..... - Colonel Z.e.r.o. - 11-08-2008

My External HD isn't responding at all. I cut the computer off and it did nothing afterwards. The light is solid green and doesn't blink how it should. All I hear is a quiet clicking sound 1 second apart. It isn't my computer because it read the other, older HD, and it doesn't show up on my mom's laptop. It doesn't read at all. What could be the problem.

EDIT: Is there anyway I can force it to scan for connected devices?

I hate this life..... - Dieter Schprokets - 11-08-2008

All I hear is a quiet clicking sound 1 second apart..

I heard that before. it was bad.

However, often USB-powered HD's dont get enough juice to run. I have one that works on all my computers except one.

Try it on another machine. Or did you?

I hate this life..... - Colonel Z.e.r.o. - 11-08-2008

I did. I don't think it's the power supply but possibly an issue with a moving part inside it. My HD is Western Digital 320 My book

[Image: Western%20Digital%20My%20Book%20Essentia...U3200N.jpg]

I hate this life..... - Jihadjoe - 11-08-2008

Sounds like the caddy for the hard drive is boned.

Ive had a couple of those and they're great, but after a while they just cease to work. If you take the hard-drive out of the caddy and just use it like an ide or sata drive I'll bet its just fine.

I hate this life..... - Colonel Z.e.r.o. - 11-08-2008

Caddy? ide? Sata?

Wha?

Could you elaborate?

If you mean to it out of the case. OK. But how? There's no screws on it whatsoever? Which can't be right.


I hate this life..... - kindred - 11-08-2008

' Wrote:All I hear is a quiet clicking sound 1 second apart.


That would be the sound of the reader/actuator arm malfunctioning, if the drive is under warranty send it in.

[Image: hard_drive_2.jpg]

I hate this life..... - Colonel Z.e.r.o. - 11-11-2008

' Wrote:That would be the sound of the reader/actuator arm malfunctioning, if the drive is under warranty send it in.

[Image: hard_drive_2.jpg]
But here's another thing, after an hour or so it'll start working, when I force/hardcore restart my machine, that's when the problem returns.

I hate this life..... - Fletcher - 11-11-2008

' Wrote:But here's another thing, after an hour or so it'll start working, when I force/hardcore restart my machine, that's when the problem returns.
Have you tried to use the company website forums?

I'll have a quick look for it...

EDIT:

I'm looking around this page: http://support.wdc.com/product/kb.asp?grou...101&lang=en

You can take a look too, you know what is wrong, I only guess...