My hard drive and enclosure were working perfectly. I had to put in a different hard drive to get other data off, but when I tried to stop the drive, it said there was another program in use. There were none in use at all. I unplugged. Now the hard drive will not come up at all and it is constantly looking for a driver. It finds a driver, says it's ready to use, but when I go to my computer the drive doesn't show up
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First make sure usb cable connected to harddrive is working fine. try it in different usb ports. Press windows key +R key so you can see run then type in run "devmgmt.msc" then press ok so you can see device manager uninstall all usb drivers then it automatic install usb drivers. then check. Also you need to change registry for that type in run "regedit" then press ok then you can see registry editor then locate below key. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11 CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} And remove upper filter and lower filter.Then restart computer then check.
Also locate the below key and make sure it's value is 3 not 4. HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\services\usbstor make sure start value is 3 not 4. Let me know if you need further assistance. Thanks for using FixYa