my hard drive (Touro) is not detected but light is on and does vibrate

tonivaz

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Mar 20, 2016
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My external hard drive touro 1TB which has been working for the last 2 years, today is not recognised neither by linux mint nor windows 7. When I connect it to the laptop the light is on and does slightly vibrate though the light is not flashing and the drive is not recognised. The last time I used it I had to play with the connection to the external hard drive pushing the cable in and moving it around until the light started flashing.

- I have tried connecting the hard drive in another laptop and happens the same.
- I have connected my hard drive to my laptop with another cable and happens the same.
- I have connecting another external hard drive to my laptop and it is recognised and read perfectly.

10 years of documents and all my traveling pictures are there. what do you think it could be? how do i fix it?
 
Solution
Remove the drive from the case, connect to another external bay or internally to a desktop as a secondary drive. With luck the issue is not with the board or the drive but only with the connection.

Don't keep your files in a single location, at least not for files you don't want to lose.
Remove the drive from the case, connect to another external bay or internally to a desktop as a secondary drive. With luck the issue is not with the board or the drive but only with the connection.

Don't keep your files in a single location, at least not for files you don't want to lose.
 
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