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twilit cypress Oct 16, 2022, 11:11 AM

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I have a USB and when I plug it it has a message insert disk in F:

stoic current Oct 16, 2022, 11:14 AM

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Going to need more info?
What is on the USB?
What are you trying to do?

twilit cypress Oct 16, 2022, 11:14 AM

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I want to plug it in my pc to transfer files

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Idk what is in It was on the shelf a long time

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USB stick I mean

stoic current Oct 16, 2022, 11:15 AM

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It could be that the USB isn't working properly OR the mbr of it is busted. Just as an example.
Do you have anything on the USB you need? If not try to format it.

twilit cypress Oct 16, 2022, 11:16 AM

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I can't format it

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When I plug it

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My file explorer loads and loads

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And after a minute it ejects it

stoic current Oct 16, 2022, 11:17 AM

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Hmmm - doesn't sound too good.
I can only speak from personal experience but usually I'll just throw the USB away at that point and get another one. 😛

twilit cypress Oct 16, 2022, 11:17 AM

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I can't repair it somehow ?

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It's a Kingston

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Like disassembly it

stoic current Oct 16, 2022, 11:18 AM

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You could try having Disk Management open and then try to plug it in, see what it says there.

twilit cypress Oct 16, 2022, 11:18 AM

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Tryed it

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It gets a disk 4

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Nothing right of it

stoic current Oct 16, 2022, 11:19 AM

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I don't know about disassembly, I don't know what it is, if it's just a generic kingston USB stick, it's probably not worth your time to fix. if it's even possible.

twilit cypress Oct 16, 2022, 11:20 AM

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Oh ok . I have a second question can I ask here ?

stoic current Oct 16, 2022, 11:20 AM

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Ye sure.

twilit cypress Oct 16, 2022, 11:20 AM

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I have an external HDD 4tb

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I was using it and forgot to remove the power from the wallet

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It was in power like 3 week 24/7 (pc was off )

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And now when I plug it I don't hear any sound

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And it don't work

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The HDD died or the adapter

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?

stoic current Oct 16, 2022, 11:22 AM

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What is the name of the external HDD?
Depending ont he disk in there it could've easily survived that.

twilit cypress Oct 16, 2022, 11:22 AM

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D3 station

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Seagate h think

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Screenshot_2022-10-16-14-22-34-65_e4424258c8b8649f6e67d283a50a2cbc.jpg

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This

stoic current Oct 16, 2022, 11:23 AM

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It's hard to tell. Just from your information.
You could try to yank it out of the cabinet there and see if it's just a normal SATA connection, because then you could easily hook it up via a SATA to USB adapter.

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If it's still under warranty don't do that though, take it back to where you bought it.

twilit cypress Oct 16, 2022, 11:25 AM

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It's like 10 years old

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😂😂😂

stoic current Oct 16, 2022, 11:25 AM

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Holy moly.

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I'd wager the guess that the adapter died then.

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If it doesn't even ramp up (you should be able to hear that) could definitely be power related.

twilit cypress Oct 16, 2022, 11:26 AM

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Ok i will test it

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But when I plug it into power

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And then USB

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When it's usb with my motherboard came contact it did a small spike

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So I think it's the adapter

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I will try it and tell you

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