20 Most Recent Vantec NexStar-3 External 3.5inch SATA&USB2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure (Black) (NEWITEM58149860) Drive Case Questions & Answers

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All is not lost! (although that drive is most likely a goner...)
Modern hard drives take a beating better than their older counterparts, though they remain semi-fragile devices that rely on super precise internal balancing and magnetics. You're right that it's most in jeopardy when writing, but the sound you're describing indicates that it's read/write heads can't align themselves correctly.
The bad news is there's no way for you to remedy this without a state of the art clean lab and the precision tools to re-manufacture, or simply realign as the case may be, this hard drive.
The good news is most hard drive manufacturers offer a data recovery service for their hardware, so you can send your drive in and get back a fixed one complete with your old data. Even if you're out of service I'd call regardless as most are happy to sell you into recovery work. If you find that it's a dead end, don't despair. Do an internet search for 'data recovery hard drives' in your local area and you may be pleasantly surprised. Many Data-smith companies exist these days for the sole purpose of recovering data that was lost to a drive crash.
Best of luck! William

This is the usual reason:USB port has 4 pins (connectors). The two at the ends supply 5 Volts to the hard drive (or any other appliance you connect. I don't think there's a problem with those two because you can see the power light on the hard drive.The middle is for data transfer. If one gets damaged, although the device gets power, the OS cannot recognize the device.Try changing the USB cable you are using. Connectors in the wire are damaged more easily than those in the device.

Hello

Okay , so there are some steps to figure out what is wrong with your external.

Firstly , if your computer makes a sound when you plug in your external , go to Start-Control Panel-Administrative Tools-Computer Management-Disk Management , and see if your external drive is listed here with your local drives. If it is listed , right click on the drive and change the drive letter to make it appear in "my computer".

If your drive does not make a connection sound when connecting to your computer and also does not show up , please follow the next step.

Remove the hard drive from the casing if possible and install it in your computer case or another external case.If the drive works , the problem is with the casing and you can ignore the drive.

Now , if the problem is with the casing , there are still 3 possibilities.

1. The USB cable between the drive and the computer may be damaged.
2. The circuit board which connects your drive to the interface of the external may be blown.
3. The power supply (if applicable) may have a blown transformer.

The latter is the easiest to diagnose , does your external light up at all when you plug in the power? If not , then this is probably your problem. On the bottom of the adapter is a label which you will be able to use to have a new adapter made at your local electronics shop and this will cost about $30 max. They will also be able to test the adapter with a clamp meter to see if this is really the problem and this should be free.

The second component you want to test is the USB cable. If you have a printer , swop out the cables and see if your printer functions normally. Most externals use the same connector so you should be able to test it in this manner. If the cable works go on to the last step. If the cable is defective , replace it with a new one which you can find for about $10 at most electronics and chain stores.

The last component to test is the circuit board. This is a bit of a grey zone as you probably won't be able to spot the blown component unless it failed really badly. With the casing already opened , locate the external's circuit board and check to see if you have any blackened components or fluids leaking from some components. If all the other components of the external worked perfectly , then this is the faulty part. It is not really economical to replace the circuit as most of the time it is out of production by the time you need to replace it and it still costs a lot even if it is available so if your drive is working perfectly when connected via sata or IDE on your computer , the best is to buy a new casing and place your old drive in the new casing.

A casing costs about $50 and you could get it at most tech shops and big chain stores like Best Buy.

I hope this solves your problem and please reply if you need more help.

Kind Regards
Andrea

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remove the hard drive restart your computer the plug the hard drive back into your usb port this should come up with new hard ware found and install the driver If not try a different usb port or your sata drive

No device-drivers are needed. Just connect this USB device, and Windows will recognize it. If there is a "one-touch-backup" button, it won't work, but you can still use drag-and-drop to copy files from your internal disk-drive to this external disk-drive.

Does the external drive have its own power supply and, if so, did you make sure it's turned on?

Are you connecting it to a USB port?-Try another device in the same port to make sure THAT port works correctly.

Maybe the device requires it's own drivers-did the device come with an installation cd?

Are you using a version of windows(which one) or is it a Mac?

Try and see if you get the same results by hooking it up to a different computer.

Hope this helps!

Try a replacement USB cable first, and test the external disk on a different computer, to ensure the fault is on the external storage unit.
Try also unplugging computer power cord for ten minutes, and restarting. If you use a laptop also remove battery to drain power. Disconnect as well Hard disk power adapter , and restart everything connecting the disk to a different USB.
Also test the disk on a different computer to ensure it is not the computer USB.
If this happened after a power surge, then the problem is most likely a faulty controller board.

If instead you have dropped the hard disk it is possible an hard drive failure, in that case repair will be expensive.
There are two possibilities:

The USB/ATA controller board is faulty.
In this case you can simply take apart the enclosure and mount the disk into a new enclosure. The model you indicated is SATA, but double check the hard disk connector to ensure.

The hard disk inside is faulty (physical damage).
In this case repair may be expensive. You need to locate a data recovery facility with a 'clean room' , the cost is usually more than $800.

The controller board inside the external disk caddy is faulty. In this case the disk may be removed from caddy and mounted on a different SATA enclosure.

A replacement enclosure will stfrom art about $20 on Ebay or Amazon, just ensure it is SATA 3.5 inch (2.5 is laptop HDD ).

Did you install the IDE drive _inside_ the VANTEC external drive,
or did you install the IDE drive _inside_ your desktop computer?

Did you set the MA(ster) / SL(ave) / C(able)S(elect) drive to the correct position?

1st - Right click the drive icon, i think you will find Autorun at First, if it is..
2nd - Right lick and press explore
Before that you have to enable Show Hidden files and Folders in Tools Menu, Folder Options.
3rd - You will find some files, that is like command prompt icon and Autorun icon.
4th - Delete both the files and reboot the computer..
The problem is solved...

or use USB Disk Security V5.0.0.85 - www.freshwap.net and install.... it will delete the files...

Are the files that are on the drive all on the root C:\(or whatever letter it's using) or are they organized into folders such as Pictures/music/documents?

Second, what file format is the drive FAT32/NTFS(to find out right click on the drive in My Computer, left-click properties and in the window that pops up near the top you will see file system: _____


Answer back with that info and I will see what I can do to help you.


Chris