my external hard disk TOSHIBA usb 2.0 500 GB detecting in device manager, in disk management as unallocated and not showing in

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mitulgogoi

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i was using a TOSHIBA 500 gb 2.0 external hard disk from couple of year, but now it can't detect or explore in my computer....but detecting in device manager and disk management......i want to back up all my files.....please help me with it
 
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Just had a quick check to see if anyone else was having a similar problem and would you believe it :D

Try these steps:

Open Command Prompt. (CMD)
Type: diskpart
At the DISKPART prompt, type: list volume
Make note of the number of the simple volume whose drive letter you want to assign, change, or remove.
At the DISKPART prompt, type: select volume n
Select the volume, where n is the volume's number, whose drive letter you want to assign, change, or remove.
At the DISKPART prompt, type one of the following: assign letter=L
Where L is the drive letter you want to assign or change.
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Adam Ashworth

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I'm sorry but the way this is worded kind of confused me but I'm gonna try and help anyway. Have you checked that your drivers are up to date? If so have you tried to see if the device is visible on a different system?
 
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Adam Ashworth

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Just had a quick check to see if anyone else was having a similar problem and would you believe it :D

Try these steps:

Open Command Prompt. (CMD)
Type: diskpart
At the DISKPART prompt, type: list volume
Make note of the number of the simple volume whose drive letter you want to assign, change, or remove.
At the DISKPART prompt, type: select volume n
Select the volume, where n is the volume's number, whose drive letter you want to assign, change, or remove.
At the DISKPART prompt, type one of the following: assign letter=L
Where L is the drive letter you want to assign or change.
 
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D_Know_WD

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Hi there mitulgogoi,

You need to provide more information on how the drive appears under Disk Management.
In case it has no letter assigned, you need to assign one as Adam Ashworth already suggested.
In case it has damaged partitions/file system(appears as unallocated, RAW, etc.), you may need to use some data/partition recovery software. Check this thread out: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1644496/lost-data-recovery.html

Cheers,
D_Know_WD
 
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