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I have a WD 2TB Caviar Green SATA HDD. I used it as an external hard drive formatted to FAT32. The main purpose was to store my PS3 games. It worked fine and all of a sudden my PS3 stopped detecting it.

I tried connecting it to my pc and the same result. I took it off from the enclosure and plugged it directly to my PC and used the BIOS setup. The BIOS setup detects my HDD but it says it's 0.0MB!!!

I also tried the WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool and it wasn't much of use because the drive is not picking up by windows at all.

Is my HDD dead? Is it beyond repair?

• 1st: if you power it on you should hear the motor spinning, if not, it might be "dead".


• 2nd: if it's spinning, than you can change the sata cable


• 3rd: use a diagnostic software to check the HDD

PS: you can mound your HDD to other systems, this is helpful some times. The HDD might be recognized on other systems (newer or older)

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Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows

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Try:

• go to Computer Management > Disk Management. You will see disk <number> labelled as unallocated.


• Right-click on it and choose New Simple Volume.


• click Next all the way or choose your own volume's name and size.

This should solve the problem. If not, try to change SATA cable.

The MBR is probably corrupted on your HDD from it being in your ps3. They are two different systems and read and write data differently. Boot your pc with the HDD connected and start the OS repair disk. You will need to launch the command line in the OS setup screen. Follow the steps below:

Using a command line

Back up or move all data on the basic master boot record (MBR) disk you want to convert into a GUID partition table (GPT) disk. If the disk does not contain any partitions or volumes, skip to step 2.



For more information about backing up volumes, see Related Topics.



Open Command Prompt.



Type:



diskpart



If the disk does not contain any partitions or volumes, skip to step 7.



At the DISKPART prompt, type:



list volume



Make note of the number of the volume that you want to delete.



At the DISKPART prompt, type:



select volume n



At the DISKPART prompt, type:



delete volume



At the DISKPART prompt, type:



list disk



Make note of the disk number of the disk that you want to convert to a GUID partition table (GPT) disk.



At the DISKPART prompt, type:



select disk n



At the DISKPART prompt, type:



convert gpt