fujitsu MHV2040AH not being recognized

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troyd1

Discussion Starter · Feb 4, 2012

I have a hard drive that "quit working" It does not seem to be grinding, but the system cannot find it. I have a vantec adapter to look at the drive, but cannot see it. I also purchased a replacement drive of the same model, thinking I could replace the pcb electronics board and it may work. How do I go about trouble shooting this. My concern with the electronics replacement is that the part numbers are different. Please offer any advice. There is nothing on the disk that I absolutely need, but it would save me a lot of time if I could get it to work. Thanks, Troy

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pip22

· #2 · Feb 4, 2012

have you looked in the Disk Management console?
Sometimes Windows fails to assign a drive letter, you can assign one manually in Disk Management. If that's not the issue, you should test the drive to see if it has failed, since if it has you would just be wasting your time trying to revive it. A failed drive is history.

Most drive manufacturer's have their own diagnostic software which you can download free of charge, but Fujitsu does not seem to have such software. In that case, you can use Seagate SeaTools for Windows instead, which is here:
| Seagate

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