I havea hitachi lifestudio desk 1TB. Im trying to do a backup and it says its backing up but its not recording anything?

Hi, please try link below :
1. https://www.hgst.com/support/external-drive-support/lifestudio-desk-technical-support.

2. http://www.retrevo.com/support/Hitachi-Desk-1TB-Storage-manual/id/23806dj879/t/2

Backup it immediately if you want your files. The next step is a total faillure of HD

Hitachi Lifestudio Desk Plus Hlsdpub10001bbb 1TB Drive and original AC adapter have been separated. Need to know Adapter output Voltage/amperage identify original or acceptable replacement.

http://www.the-manuals.com/hitachi-lifestudio-2-tb-manual-manual/
find this.

sorry but I am not understanding what your problem is please be more specific

Try connecting the external hard drive to another computer to recover/backup your data.
When you have such a large capacity hard drive, it pays to have a second large capacity hard drive to backup your data in the event of the other hard drive dying.Hard drives do fail especially if you accidently drop it.

ry connecting the external hard drive to another computer to recover/backup your data.
When you have such a large capacity hard drive, it pays to have a second large capacity hard drive to backup your data in the event of the other hard drive dying.Hard drives do fail especially if you accidently drop it.

Why not just pull it out instead of clicking on safely remove hardware? Try it and see if it works. Sounds like your usb drive is not windows 7 compatible. Or windows 7 has some driver issue which is not uncommon.

click start click on my computer you should see your drive
right click then select format

another way is to control panel administrative tools computer management disk management right click on your drive select format

hope this helps

GO TO CLICK START MENU, RIGHT CLICK MY COMPUTER, CLICK MANAGE, UNDER STORAGE, CLICK DISK MANAGEMENT (IF USING XP CLICK TREE REMOVABLE STORAGE). WAIT A FEW SECONDS, THEN ENLARGE THE PAGE. LOOK FOR YOUR DRIVE, THEN RIGHT CLICK THE DRIVE, THEN SELECT FORMAT. THAT SHOULD MAKE YOU ABLE TO START OVER.............HOPE THIS HELPS...................JEFFXC