20 Most Recent Western Digital New-3TB SATA 6 Gb/s 3.5 - Wd30ezrxsp Questions & Answers

I can think of three possibilities:

• It was pre-partitioned to that size, and more memory is available for another partiton (or to be added to that one).
• You accidentally partitioned it to that size when you formatted it.
• The hd isn't the size you thought.

You can right-click "Computer", click Manage, click left of "Storage" to expand, click "Disk Management". It should show you Disk 0 which is usually your C: drive, what percentage was used, then whether un-formatted/partitioned hd space is available.

You should not even try to install an operating system on an external drive. Windows looks at the "C" drive and installs programs to "C" drive. You are trying to put it on the "G" drive. You will have too many problems and wish you never had tried. Buy a larger main drive and partition it with two equal partitions. Then "Dual Boot". You will find how to do this on the internet. Just Google "Dual Booting".

Get TESTDISK and see if it is recognised, if so TestDisk has some tools that may help

If your HARD DRIVE was exposed to a magnetic field, this can happen.
Try a scandisck run.
Boot up in safe mode and run fix disk.

The hard disk is having bad sectors on its first 3000 sectors.the bad sectors are caused by degradation of the platter of the hard disk.OR the factory area of the hard disk has certain files called SMART, G -LIST and other log files.Unless one empties those log files with a good tool , one cant format ones hard disk.

This is likely a couple problems; 1. The hard drive is dying or is dead. You're looking at hardware recovery if this is the case. There are some tools such as Spinrite that might be able to recover the disk. (GRCHard drive data recovery software) 2. The power supply on the computer/laptop is not functioning as well as it used to. Try using another PC to see if there's any difference in results.

Download testdisk and run it to see if it recognised in the list. If so use the intel option to find a boot sector

Remove the drive from the external case it is in and connect directly to your computer - see if the bios recognizes it. If so, the OS will do so also and you can access it. Also means the electronics of the external case are no good. If not recognized in other machine, the hard drive has gone to hard drive heaven and needs to be replaced.

Hi John, Try to connect it with your friend's system/Laptop. If it works then there is some problem with your system. If you are facing the same problem after testing with your friend's system then try it with the new cable. If the problem remains the same then contact any data recovery experts or system repair experts. they will definitely solve the problem. Thanks