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Default My book ES 500gb usb hard drive unable to format

I have had the My book es for about 1 year now and it died just the other day. I have tried the recovery software i have nothing i don't really need anything on it i just want it working again. I plug it into any computer and all it ...


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Old 21st Jun 2008, 12:22
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Default My book ES 500gb usb hard drive unable to format

I have had the My book es for about 1 year now and it died just the other day. I have tried the recovery software i have nothing i don't really need anything on it i just want it working again. I plug it into any computer and all it does is install the drivers for the My book es and not anything else. i see nothing in my computer and the computer management console it does not show the drive for me to format so is there anyway that i might be able to format it at all. So is there any other way in which i can format it.
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Old 21st Jun 2008, 12:30
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Default My book ES 500gb usb hard drive unable to format

So long as it isn't faulty it will show in disk manager.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000
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Old 21st Jun 2008, 12:37
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Default My book ES 500gb usb hard drive unable to format

But the thing i do not get it if it wa fualty would it still be able to install its self on a computer at least part of it self??
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Old 21st Jun 2008, 13:03
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Default My book ES 500gb usb hard drive unable to format

Nope, if it is faulty then there is a good chance it will not show up/detect/install at all.

There could be other reasons why it is not showing up, checking to see if the drive shows in disk manager is the easiest way of finding out.
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Old 21st Jun 2008, 13:15
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Default My book ES 500gb usb hard drive unable to format

aight thank you for ur time man def gave me final verdict thanks again.
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