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Does the drive make any sounds, even a spinning up sound? Are you using it in an external case or just inside your computer? Also, is this a drive you've been using and you have data on it, or is it a new drive?
First check whether your computer can see the external drive: 1. Right click My Computer and select Properties 2. Click on Device Manager 3. Expand Disk Drives by clicking the arrow on the left side of it. Is the IOmega in the list of the disk drives?
If it is, then it is either: 1. The drive is faulty and the ID is from the IOmega controller 2. The drive is ok but severe bad sectors or other failing components prevent the drive to mount.
Testing the External Drive. Listen closely to the if it sounds like it's spinning or it's doing something. 1. Clicking sound - The hard drive inside the Iomega caddy is faulty, either the pcb or heads, or both 2. Scraping sound - There is a platter damage on the drive. Recovery not possible. 3. No sound at all - Problem with either drive's pcb or the Iomega controller.
If your drive behaves like one above, I suggest you send your hard drive to data recovery companies.
Do you hear the drive spinning up correctly? It should be a smooth sound with possibly a few ticks at first and then a steady humming sound. If you do not? No sound? Check the power supply: connected - check voltage with voltmeter if in doubt. Strange sounds or noisy sounds and then silence? The hard drive has failed. New drive? Check the Disk Management console in Windows and verify that the drive is partitioned and formatted instead of just empty unallocated space (the whole bar will be grey instead of navy in Disk Management). To access right-click "(My) Computer" > Manage. Select Disk Management from the left pane. If problem persists, check the "Device Manager" from the same window for devices with Yellow Exclamation marks. Try reconnected or reseating the cables.
hi Ivandbafc.
this is what i have found out.
If your hard drive is displaying any of these symptoms it is important to stop using your drive immediately, Ongoing use of a drive with these symptoms will result in irrecoverable damage being caused to the media.
Hard drive producing a clicking sound.
Hard drive producing a clunking sounds.
Hard drive making buzzing sounds.
Hard drive making a grinding sound.
Its best you try and save all data to another drive asap.
If you power up the drive and you can feel that the drive is actually spinning, a periodic clicking noise is bad news. Does the computer make a sound when you plug it in, or does it make a sound.
If the computer recognize when you plug it in, but it just not show in my computer, here is how you fix the problem. Go to:
control panel Administrative tools Computer management Storage Disc management
Now you should see your drive in the schematic below. Right click on it and choose the option to change drive letter or paths. Now just assign a new drive letter to the drive, restart your computer and it should work fine.
It sounds like your hard drive has failed, IE.. the clicking/tapping sound. You could have the hard drive tested to be sure. You could swap out the hard drive to another machine and try it.
I would suggest you back up all your data as the hard drive appears to be failing. i presume you are certain it is coming from the hard drive and not a fan ?
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