External hard drive

[MohammedBlaze]

My External hard drive wont open without format I try doing format it gets stuck I try opening computer > mange > disk management it wont open unless I take it out and gets stuck and gives me connecting to virtual disk service
please please help me! im freaking out I need this hard drive to work I need help

 

[cliffordcooley]

If you need this drive because there is data on it, formatting is the last thing you want to do.

 

[MohammedBlaze]

I just need it working it dosnt have alot of files on it just need it to work

 

[Frozwire]

You can try to remove the hard drive out of the enclosure and connect it directly to an internal SATA port on your PC or put it to another SATA/USB adapter/enclosure to find out if your drive is still usable.

 

[Jad Chaar]

I am kind of confused as to what the situation is here though. Did the external drive just suddenly stop working?

 

[alio matt]

That sounds alot like a problem I had with my toshiba canvio 1tb portable hdd. I fixed it by using one of the partitioning tools [not gparted] in puppy precise 5.7.1 in live cd mode.