When i go to admin tools my simpletech 250gb hard drive does not show up. when i go to device manager it and says its working properly.i tried to populate the hard drive says its unreadable.is it broken?do i have a virus?
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I am assuming this is on a Windows system.
Try looking at it with disk management.
That should tell you that it is there and may offer you options.
Broken or a virus? Probably not.
I'd be looking at the USB cable. Is it the one that came with the drive?
Some cables only pass power, and not the data lines, so although the device manager says it is working properly, that may only mean it thinks the driver is correctly installed
And the cable may be faulty.
Oh, and I forgot, is the drive powered with a working power supply? And switched on? I sometimes forget that but too.