Hi
I have a WD Elements hard drive 2TB which i am having problems with. I use Windows8 and it was formatted as NTFS.
3 days ago I had to reformat and re-load Windows8 on my PC. Since then this drive is not being recognized. When I connect to the PC it recognizes an external hard drive and i can check its properties in Device Mgr (whcih says it is working perfectly). I also am able to see it in Disk Management and it says that my drive needs to be initialized. I try doing it using MBR using the initialize disk option but get an error from Virtual disk mgr " Incorrect Function"
I am also able to see it on the router Internet page as a USB drive if i connect through the router but it says "unmounted". How can I rectify this issue without formatting and losing all my data? I have also tried connecting through XBMC device (XIOS) but no success. I can safely eject from the PC and router using the Eject command. Is it possible the directory/boot structure is corrupted and if so what is the solution to this problem?
I have a WD Elements hard drive 2TB which i am having problems with. I use Windows8 and it was formatted as NTFS.
3 days ago I had to reformat and re-load Windows8 on my PC. Since then this drive is not being recognized. When I connect to the PC it recognizes an external hard drive and i can check its properties in Device Mgr (whcih says it is working perfectly). I also am able to see it in Disk Management and it says that my drive needs to be initialized. I try doing it using MBR using the initialize disk option but get an error from Virtual disk mgr " Incorrect Function"
I am also able to see it on the router Internet page as a USB drive if i connect through the router but it says "unmounted". How can I rectify this issue without formatting and losing all my data? I have also tried connecting through XBMC device (XIOS) but no success. I can safely eject from the PC and router using the Eject command. Is it possible the directory/boot structure is corrupted and if so what is the solution to this problem?