I have a Western Digital Caviar 31600 IDE HDD that won't show up in file explorer. When I check disk management, it first gives me a popup asking which way to initialize the device (MBR or GPT). Neither work. After closing the prompt, an error pops up stating "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. The hard drive doesn't appear to have anything wrong with it (hardware wise, anyway), and the adapter I'm using is a Sabrent USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure. It's been tested on another drive, a Seagate Barracuda, and it worked fine.
I've tried reinstalling drivers, restarting the computer, and yes, turning it off and on again. The information on the drive isn't exceedingly critical or anything, but I don't want to just re-format the drive. Old pictures and music, you know?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
I've tried reinstalling drivers, restarting the computer, and yes, turning it off and on again. The information on the drive isn't exceedingly critical or anything, but I don't want to just re-format the drive. Old pictures and music, you know?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1