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Hi, I have a 5tb WD External HD full of media and a couple of months ago I managed to pick up the wrong power lead (which looks almost the same and was already plugged in and on).
Distracted I was trying to plug it into my external HD and after a couple of seconds realised I had the wrong lead. I got a smell of burning (never good) and after plugging in the HD with the right power lead it doesn't boot up.
I took the HD out of the External chassis and put it in another one, although this is somewhat older - the HD powers up but it asks me to format the HD. I wonder if it's just the controller board thingy that's fried and the reason the HD can't be read in windows in the chassis I have put it in, is because the controller for that maybe doesn't support 5tb? (It was originally for a 1tb Samsung from like 7 years ago).
Hope this makes sense to someone!
Distracted I was trying to plug it into my external HD and after a couple of seconds realised I had the wrong lead. I got a smell of burning (never good) and after plugging in the HD with the right power lead it doesn't boot up.
I took the HD out of the External chassis and put it in another one, although this is somewhat older - the HD powers up but it asks me to format the HD. I wonder if it's just the controller board thingy that's fried and the reason the HD can't be read in windows in the chassis I have put it in, is because the controller for that maybe doesn't support 5tb? (It was originally for a 1tb Samsung from like 7 years ago).
Hope this makes sense to someone!
