[mrsleonor]

yesterday when i plug my external hard drive, it was located in the local disk part and not in the removable devices. how can i change it back to removable?

 

[alpenadiver]

What type of Hard Drive is it? Make, and Model.

 

[spunk.funk]

Go to Start/Search and type diskmgmt.msc. Right click the diskmgmt results and Run As Administrator. In the Elevated Disk Management window, do you see your drive there? Does it say it is Unallocated Space or does it say that the Disk is RAW?
If so, you can try and recover your files by using the free TestDisk Program. I have had the best luck with GetDataBack. You will need another drive of the same size or larger to recover your files to.

 

[mrsleonor]

What type of Hard Drive is it? Make, and Model.

WD, model WD1600U017-005

 

[mrsleonor]

Go to Start/Search and type diskmgmt.msc. Right click the diskmgmt results and Run As Administrator. In the Elevated Disk Management window, do you see your drive there? Does it say it is Unallocated Space or does it say that the Disk is RAW?
If so, you can try and recover your files by using the free TestDisk Program. I have had the best luck with GetDataBack. You will need another drive of the same size or larger to recover your files to.

It says:
File System-FAT32
Status-Healthy (Primary Partition)

 

[spunk.funk]

Can you browse the files on the drive? If so, there is nothing wrong with it other then the name has changed.

 

[mrsleonor]

i can't browse... i can't even see the folders at all. but when i plugged it in my TV set, everything's there. it's just that i can't copy or delete files there.

yeah, maybe i should let it go? i mean, is it ok if i just let the computer read it as local disk?

 

[spunk.funk]

Run WD DataLifeGuard for Windows on the drive. Run the Short and Long tests on the drive. If either test fails the HDD needs to be replaced.