Hard Drive error - Please insert disk into removable disk (Solved)

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Hello, I haven't ever posted anything on this site, but I saw that the answers are pretty good and the community helps.

So, here we go.

I have a Hard Drive and when I insert it into any usb port, it sorta works. My computer installed it and all but when I enter My Computer it shows the Removable Disk faded, as if it wasn't really there.

When I try to open it, it says: "Please insert disk into removable disk" and I tried everything I found around the forum, but it just said windows can't enter the disk.

Can I do something about it or did I loose the Hard Drive and can't do anything to fix it?

I also tried with Transcend but it couldn't do anything about it.
I tried to Format it but it says: "There is no disk in drive (H) Please insert a disk, then try again", I tried turning it around, unplugging and plugging it, restarting the computer. Anything I could find around the internet to help me and nothing worked.

I can however open it as a Portable Device, though it doesn't really help me in any way. It worked fine, I have been using it for months and now it just decided not to work.

Can you guys help me out? thanks in advance
 
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Okay, right click the drive that has been connected to your computer through USB, you should be able to pick which one it is by the size. Once right clicked go to properties on the drive and on the tools page there you will find "Error-Checking" run this process but be VERY CAREFUL if you are prompted to "Format" the hard drive when running these checks don't go ahead with it as your one click away from loosing everything that could be on the drive. If this repair still doesn't allow you to access the data then connecting it via Sata Power and Motherboard after removing the caddy is the only way to see if this drive has died on you. I would recommend in the future that you only buy Western Digital Hard Drives. Again personal preference...
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The Hard Drive is a Konig and it has a usb cord that connects to it and the computer it has one that goes into the hard drive and two that connect to the computer. I tried to connect different ones and such but still couldn't get it to work.
It's not brand new, I have been using it to save some family photos, word and excel files and one movie that I really enjoyed. And I have been using it with no problem for the past 3 months but now it just decided to not work for some reason.

 
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First thing you can try is right clicking "My Computer" and going to "Manage" In the left side panel left click on "Disk Management", make sure the drive is plugged into a USB, Is the drive appearing under "Disk *X*" or not? (X either 1-2-3-4 depending on amount of drives connected)
It's a common issue with caddied hard drives that the SATA controllers go bad, if you know what your doing and its not appearing under the disk management i would take it out of the caddy and connect it directly to your computers SATA power from PSU and a Sata into the board, if the controller has gone its the only way you will be able to see if the drive has died or if your controller was bad.

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It is appearing under Disk 1. Under Disk 2 and removable (H: ) it says: "No Media" and when I check the drive in properties the capacity is at 0 bytes.
 
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Okay, right click the drive that has been connected to your computer through USB, you should be able to pick which one it is by the size. Once right clicked go to properties on the drive and on the tools page there you will find "Error-Checking" run this process but be VERY CAREFUL if you are prompted to "Format" the hard drive when running these checks don't go ahead with it as your one click away from loosing everything that could be on the drive. If this repair still doesn't allow you to access the data then connecting it via Sata Power and Motherboard after removing the caddy is the only way to see if this drive has died on you. I would recommend in the future that you only buy Western Digital Hard Drives. Again personal preference but I'm sure that the majority of TomsHardware would back me up on that recommendation.

Jason
 
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Thanks for helping me. :) though I have a high feeling I might need a new one.
 
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Do you get the same result when connected to another computer? You may also want to remove the physical hard drive from the USB enclosure and see if it works any better in a generic USB enclosure or when connected directly to your computer's SATA port.

If there are files on the drive that you are concerned about, you should probably just go directly to a local data recovery professional to make sure you get your data off safely.
 
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