My Verbatim model #47512 1tb makes this beeping sound every time i connect it to my computer why?

looks like the hdd is up for toss. you need to see data recovery specialist to regain data .

Hi,

From the information provided, it appears to be a direct hardware failure. Verbatim appears to not offer much on providing information on such issues, so it would be safe to say is have it replaced.. I am not 100% sure but some external drives come with a 7 year warranty, you could also try to have your data recovered from a local computer service in your area so you do not lose the data. But, in all it would be advised to replace it.

one is for data transfer between computer and hard drive the other is a power cable if they are both usb connect both usb plugs into usb ports

hi there,

While the Hard drive is connected to one of the USB ports on your computer.

On your keyboard press and hold the power button and press the letter R.

When the Run box comes up type in devmgmt.msc

Expand the Universal Serial Bus cotnrollers
right click on every root hub and choose uninstall
after that restart the computer

Hope this helps!

i strongly sugest you back up your drive asap its on its way out

And does it make any sort of clicking sound when connected to the computer?
Either the drive itself is faulty, or the enclosure transforming the drive's interface to USB is not working.
You could always try taking the drive out of the enclosure and connecting it directly to your computer's hard drive interface, but be very careful not to damage anything.

First of all try to:
- use a different usb cable to connect it
- connect it to a different computer
- connect it to a different USB port (preferably one in the back of the PC, not in the front plate)

If still isn't working, could be the electronics of the verbatim HDD case, you can try to open it, take out the hard drive and connect it directly to a desktop pc via SATA inteface. This can be tricky, so let me know if you need further assistance in doing that. You may need an adapter, depending on the HDD interface your desktop pc has
.
If unfortunately your drive is making mechanical repetitive clicking sounds it could be broken. If the data is very important to you, you can rely on companies like this:
http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/
to have it recovered, be warned though that the price will be expensive (about 1500$) so see if it's worth it.
Best regards

dear sir
good day
try to replace the USB cable and test the Hdd on an other computer system to make sure it is function and good luck

The beep is more than likely a beep code (sounds stupid and obvious, but they're there for a reason).

What make/model is your machine? We can look up the code by make/model. That will diagnose your problem.