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HDD crashed, showing as Unknown Device
Hello,
My seagate 2TB internal HDD suddenly crashed after a couple of days of weird loading.
The main problem I have is that the device is showing as Unknown Device on device manager. If i try to uninstall / Scan Hardware Changes, it just disappears. If I disable / enable, stays the same as unknown device. I reboot, and again it shows as Unknown Device but cannot do much. If I try to run any software to recover data, it won't see the drive so I cannot do it.
Device Manager:
DISK DRIVES
SSD Drive (shows fine)
Another HD I have (shows fine)
UNKNOWN DEVICE
Also if I go to disk management, it asks me to initialize the drive, which I dont want to do as I need the data that is inside.
I hope someone can please help me, Id greatly appreciate it (you have no idea!)
- I tried plugging it into a different PC, it didnt see it.
- I tried swapping cables with the other HD, no difference.
- Bios sometimes sees the drive, sometimes doesnt. Regardless of this, it behaves the same on Windows.