Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - [SOLVED] WD500 External usb hard drive

valiakuta · 02-21-2008, 08:18 AM

Hi
I have a WD500 Home edition usb external hard drive.
Yesterday I Disconnected it and didnt use "safe" unplugging..
The results:
It shows up in Device Manager and Disk management and in Windows Explorer,

I downloaded TestDisk and followed the steps as you described here
http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...-computer.html
I reboot but nothing.

My drive is "empty" and the capacity says 375GB used..But noting inside.
I tried this too:
[SOLVED] External HD not formatted all of a sudden,
but i cant find the "Repair FAT >" option
I try "Rebuild BS" but nothing.

02-21-2008, 08:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
valiakuta Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 11 OS: XP sp2	[SOLVED] WD500 External usb hard drive - Lost Everything Hi I have a WD500 Home edition usb external hard drive. Yesterday I Disconnected it and didnt use "safe" unplugging.. The results: It shows up in Device Manager and Disk management and in Windows Explorer, I downloaded TestDisk and followed the steps as you described here http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...-computer.html I reboot but nothing. My drive is "empty" and the capacity says 375GB used..But noting inside. I tried this too: [SOLVED] External HD not formatted all of a sudden, but i cant find the "Repair FAT >" option I try "Rebuild BS" but nothing.