Shootracer Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 My external harddrive had a power surge yesterday now it wont pick up on explorer it shows up in device manager, how can i fix this error.? Operating system:Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) Service Pack 1 System root: C:\Windows Available physical memory: 1911 MB CPU: Intel® Celeron® CPU P4600 @ 2.00GHz Drive Info: C: 137.79 GB Internet Explorer: 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseCleaner Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Hi, 1, right-click Computer----Manage----Storage----Disk Management Could you find your external hard disk? If yes, continue to step 2. 2, right-click one drive, click Change Drive Letter and Paths...------Change Shootracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootracer Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Thanks very much for your help i will try that now and let you knew if it works Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootracer Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 OK I tried doing this and it worked great. Until i restarted my pc and windows loaded up and again the drive was gone and i got a system message saying that the device is not recognised.Any thoughts or ideas how to solve this Please.:-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseCleaner Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 It seems that you need to format this external disk. or, you can try to use disk partition repairing tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootracer Posted October 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Yes thank you i have tried to format the drive 3-4 times now and nothing happens at all the drive now shows up in windows as local disk I but formatting it seems to be a real problem.I am going to try and boot paragon drive rescue and format it that way before windows loads will let you know if it works. Thanks again for all your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
april Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Ok, thanks, good luck to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now