So, I recently dropped my WD Elements hard drive and when I plugged it in my laptop, the light was blinking and it made this beeping sound for like a minute then it stopped (but the light still kept blinking). It says that the device is installed but it doesn't show up on my computer.
So, I went to the device manager and it's there! But, the thing is, it doesn't show up on my computer. And I tried uninstalling it then plugging it in. The same thing happens, the driver installs but it doesn't show up on my computer. There's not autoplay window asking me what I want to do with the drive.
So I go to disk management, right? And I get this a window telling me that "You must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it." I clicked OK. Then another window popped up saying that "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error."
I have no idea what to do. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks!
So, I went to the device manager and it's there! But, the thing is, it doesn't show up on my computer. And I tried uninstalling it then plugging it in. The same thing happens, the driver installs but it doesn't show up on my computer. There's not autoplay window asking me what I want to do with the drive.
So I go to disk management, right? And I get this a window telling me that "You must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it." I clicked OK. Then another window popped up saying that "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error."
I have no idea what to do. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks!