I removed a laptop HDD and put it in an enclosure, connected it via USB to a PC, and accessed files on it without problem for a couple of days. Now it does not work.
When it is connected to the laptop:
-The BIOS doesn’t list the HDD as a possible place from which to boot. Further, I cannot load the computer anymore—the screen goes black and white text comes up. It says:
PXE-E61 Media test failure, check cable
PXE-MOF Exiting Broadcome PXE Rom
Operating System not found
When it is connected via USB to the PC:
-It does not show up in My Computer
-Device Manger lists the laptop HDD under Disk drives as as “generic void disk USB device”
-Device Manager also lists it under Unviersity Serial Bus controllers as “USB Mass Storage Device”
-Testdisk does not recognize the laptop HDD.
-The USB light on the enclosure is lighted
On my PC, I have tried a number of troubleshoots:
-Uninstall device and then replug it in (in Device Manager)
-Ran drivecleanup and cleaned out about 19 USB drivers
-I cannot fix it in Disk Management; the drive does not appear.
I also plugged the laptop HDD into another computer via the USB enclosure, but it did the same thing it does on my PC--it comes up as an USB Mass Storage Device and I cannot access it through My Computer.
The only thing I can think of is that I unsafely removed it from the PC. It had this recognition problem a couple days ago, but restarting the computer solved it. Now nothing will.
Thanks in advance!
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