Format disk error with external hard disk

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yaserm

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My name is yaser. I've similar problem like nani455. In my case it is Disk 1 and dark blue color band above volume and it shows 465.73 Basic online but nothing is appearing in upper view window like what type of partition
 
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lonewolf7
Try this, plug in the HDD, bring up CMD, and type chkdsk X: /f/r (X is the drive letter, yours may be different). I think the file system got corrupted.

If so than this command will repair it. Or, try a data recovery software, with that recover your data than format the HDD. Free and decent.

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
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yaserm

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Hi lonewolf7

The External Hard disk is Western Digital My Passport 500GB. The problem is when I connect the USB cable of this Hard disk to any computer it gives a sound click and detected but Format message appears. Also it is shown in Disk Management with Blue color as Disk 1 but no information regarding which type of partition and drive letter. Only it is shown 465.73 Gb and Online and Basic
 
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Just tried data rescue pc 3 & icare data recovery. Both do not seem to pick up the hdd. Sometimes disk mananger picks up the hd and a couple minutes later its gone.
 
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