08-02-2016, 08:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-02-2016, 08:34 PM by br1anstorm.)
(08-02-2016, 07:24 PM)firenice03 link Wrote: Sounds like only the controller/connection is seen...
But seeming more and more like HD failure..
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Ah, that's interesting. Also to my untutored mind the most likely conclusion. I didn't know how to interpret the evidence about the portable drive (or bits of it!) showing in some locations but not others. It seems entirely credible to me that the computers are "seeing" the controller/connection/interface (which is working) but not the actual hard drive beyond it (which is dead.....and maybe just spinning in its grave). So richtea was probably right!
I don't think the encryption angle is relevant: the drive is brand new out of the box - I have not been able to see it, never mind put any data on it or encrypt anything.
I can't test it myself by connecting direct to a motherboard, as I don't have a computer which would enable me to do so. But I suppose at some stage I could remove the hard drive and get it tested/checked somewhere.
Until then, maybe that's as close to a solution as we're likely to get. Huge thanks again to all who helped with the detective work.