Okay, last week all of a sudden my external storage hard drive(the kind you insert the HD into a case) decided not to work anymore. I posted a question and got some good information and here is a recap of where I am at:
1. the external HD was showing up in device manager but not my computer or disk management.
2. Someone said it could be the case so I took an old HD out of an old computer and inserted it into the case and it worked as it should: showed up in device manager and my computer and I was able to access it with no problems.
My question is: i have ruled out that the case is not bad. Does that mean all is lost on the bad drive. I had quite a bit of information that I would like to recover if possible. Please help. Thank you. Frank
1. the external HD was showing up in device manager but not my computer or disk management.
2. Someone said it could be the case so I took an old HD out of an old computer and inserted it into the case and it worked as it should: showed up in device manager and my computer and I was able to access it with no problems.
My question is: i have ruled out that the case is not bad. Does that mean all is lost on the bad drive. I had quite a bit of information that I would like to recover if possible. Please help. Thank you. Frank