usb external hard drive no longer found. SOLVED bad hard drive.

[muungwana]

LED light indicates Power and Activity status.

The quote above says what should be observed when the hard drive is powered on and in use.

What do these lights show?

You should have it checked out. Consensus here seem to be that you have a faulty hardware and there is not that much we can do pn your computer to fix it.

[sneckert]

muungwana;

When I turn on the power for the drive the LED comes on green indicating power is on. Then it blinks red for a second or two indicating it's reading the drive. After that it turns green again and stays green no matter what I do.

I thought that there may be something on the OS the wasn't there as the drive worked before I reinstalled the OS. But I think your right, either the enclosure or the hard drive as a problem. I'm going to pull the hard drive out and put it in the computer to see if it works there. Also I have another hard drive, I'll see if it works in the enclosure. I won't be able to get to this for several days now but it's on my list of things to do.

Thank for your assistance.

Stephen

[rubentje1991]

Success with it! 

[deathromantik]

One thing you may be overlooking is the cable might be shot, have you tried with another usb cable? Those things a rather fragile.

[sneckert]

rubentje1991;

Thanks for your assistance. I'll get this thing working one way or another.

Steve

[sneckert]

deathromantik;

Thanks for your interest in helping, I appreciate it.
Yes, I tried a different usb cable, still no go.

Steve