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Hi, I have a Iomega Prestige 500 GB USB hard drive and after formating the computer with the Iomega hard drive switched off it now doesn´t start at all. When I switch on the hard drive I can still here the little buzzing sound of it and it gets warm but the light is not on and the computer can´t find the hard drive. Sorry for crappy english but I hope you understand my problem. Any ideas?

Submitted: 47 days and 17 hours ago.
Category: Computer
Value: $15
Status: CLOSED
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Computer OS: Windows XP
Browser: Firefox

Already Tried:
Checking the cables and checked so that the USB gates are working.

Posted by PC Specialist 47 days and 16 hours ago.

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Have you tried it on another computer and did it do the same thing on the other computer?

47 days and 16 hours ago.

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Hi,
Yes, I´ve tried it on another computer and the same thing happens.

Posted by PC Specialist 47 days and 16 hours ago.

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Ok please try it with a different cable and check for me once again if you have already done this let me know.

47 days and 16 hours ago.

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I have allready tried with a diffirent cable, diffirent USB cable and diffirent cable for the power supply.

Accepted Answer

Ok I want you to try one last thing which will verify whether or not the drive has died. Connect it to the computer and right click on manage. Then click on disk management on the left. Then look in the list on the right and see if the drive is listed there. If it is not unfortunately the drive is at the end of it's life.

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Expert: PC Specialist
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Answered: 10/6/2009

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8 years experience in the IT field and in customer support.

47 days and 12 hours ago.

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That did not work either.

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