My Seagate Expansion Hard Drive is not recognized by windows. When I connect it to the computer I do not see "Mass Storage Device" Under "Universal Serial Bus Controller". I already check the troubleshoot and test for everything (Cable is OK, I checked in another computer, etc)
It happen after I connect the Hard Drive to another computer which then I realized it's USB Port was corrupted and problematic.
Is there a way I can fix this Hard Drive? Or any utility which can access this hard disk? When I connect Hard Disk, it turned On (The Light become green) and it start vibrating.
P.S: I check my drive again SeaTools, but SeaTools cannot recognize it too.
Best Answer
You can always crack the enclosure and yank the hard drive to place it inside the actual tower (they're just ide/sata drives connected to an adapter connected to usb).
From Mani: Actually it is not SATA hard drive. It's a completely Laptop external Hard Drive. It's lot smaller and there is no easy way to open it.
Then it's a laptop hard-drive. Not really a weird form factor. I have done this personally as well. Laptop IDE and SATA adapters are commercially available in comments direct experience
Multiple instances as data recovery for various owners. This is where I go first (it isn't worth the time to half-way try it...if the drive is truly failing jumping to the last step first is more effective and safer. i have had a drive read one and the heads refuse to un-park on the next mount...this is even more the case on laptop form factor. disassembly of desktop hd's is simple enough, but i tend to fatfinger the laptop HDs). I appreciate your concern, but it's just an HD dude. Slave it, copy it, fix it.