Hi Shane,
Nice to be here again, but I'm back with a new problem.
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Yesterday I connected a Nikon compact camera for the first time via a USB port in a hub. Shortly after that I got like a hundred times the same message that external HD G: had to be formatted. I closed the window every time.
I have 2 external HDs, one a 2.0 with the letter F:, the other a 3.0 with G:. Both Seagate 2 Tb. I don't know if these two events are connected or that the HD just crashed at about the same time as I connected the camera. I don't really remember what I was doing because usually I do three things at the same time :-D and it's possible that I was backing up some pictures from the camera to the F: HD when it happened. Because these external HDs are big guys I have them both connected to a USB port directly (one 2.0, one 3.0) to avoid problems, so not to a port on a hub, so we can rule out that the hub gave overload problems. Then I noticed that the pc didn't recognize my one external HD at all anymore in Windows Explorer. I rebooted, but that didn't help. Today I saw that there was still only one HD in Explorer and it was the 3.0 but it got the letter F from the 2.0. I know it was the 3.0 because in the name in Explorer it says 3.0. I changed it back to G for my own overview. Today I tried all kinds of ways to get the 2.0 started again, but nothing. It doesn't make a sound and it's not warm, so I guess it's just dead. It's not recognized in Computer Management either, nor in Devices and Printers. In the log files I found a Warning at the time this problem occurred. It says that an error has been discovered on device/harddisk2/DR11 during the....and then there's a word I don't understand in Dutch so how can I translate that? :S I'll give it a try: something like "during the processing of an exchange file".
What can I do to get it back in the game or is it unrepairable? It's 2,5 years old and I use it almost daily for backups. I still have it connected to the pc and there are no messages of formatting anymore. I got a bit confused which disk was malfunctioning because of the letter change, but the 3.0 seems to be alright. Below the log file, translated, if that's any help to you.
Thanks for your trouble!
Lady
Logfile name: System
Source: Disk
Date: 8-2-2015 16:17:
Event-id:51
Task category: None
Level: Warning
Key word: Classic
User: n.a..
Computer: User-PC
Description:
An error has been found on Device\Device\Harddisk2\DR11 during the processing of an exchange file.
Event-XML:
<Event xmlns="
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Disk" />
<EventID Qualifiers="32772">51</EventID>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-02-08T15:17:44.395452500Z" />
<EventRecordID>118839</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>User-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>\Device\Harddisk2\DR11</Data>
<Binary>030080000100000000000000330004802D0100000E0000C000000000000000000000000000000000AD48160000000000FFFFFFFF01000000580000080000000000200A1240032040000000003C0000000000060000000000C806AB0A80FAFFFF0000000000000000E007640B80FAFFFF10A0B80C80FAFFFF28A95E00000000002800005EA92800008000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>