Windows 10: external drive crashing Windows File Explorer

Hello,


I'm trying to reuse old WD Scorpion WD2500BEVS 250GB HDD, as external HDD drive. Its been in my old laptop whose motherboard died of old age, no water damage.

When i plug it in the laptop, Windows 10 recognizes the drive as 2 different drives. DriveF, that OS shows no details about, and DriveH, That has 110GB of free, and 110GB of total storage. Also, the green loading bar of File Explorer, never stops loading, it reaches about 90-something % and then just hovers there. I can freely access DriveH, but if i try anything with DriveF, File explorer goes to "Not-Responding".


Let me just say what I've tried, and what it isn't:


1. I'ts not to the external rack, since I've just bought it from the store, i still have warranty for the rack.

2. I've already tried sfc/scannnow, it fixed something and I restarted my laptop and issue still exists.

3. If i try restart File Explorer service or just restart File Explorer from Task Manager, Screen goes black and unresponsive until i unplug External HDD, and then it goes back to normal.

4. I've tried manufacturers repair utility for my specific type of HDD, but it also get unresponsive when drive is plugged in.

5. I've tried running CHKDSK on both DriveF and DriveH, from both Admin and regular user CMD, and as soon as i press Enter CMD gets "Not-Responding".

6. I've tried using format from CMD on DriveF but it also causes "Not-Responding" to occur.

7. I've Run thorough check on malware, spyware and viruses with several antivirus apps but none of them found anything.

8. I've Tried different USB ports on my laptop, and same thing happens on all of them.

9. All of my other external HDD-s work fine on my laptop, and all of them are from same manufacturer as this one, Western Digital WD.

10. I've tried Disk Management, but if External Drive is plugged in, it never loads any drives in to the list of available drives, and if Disk Management is open before External Drive is plugged in, as soon as External Drive is plugged in, Disk Management goes "Not-Responding".


I don't care what happens to files on the drive, i just want to format it and use it as external storage, to the full capacity of the drive and not just 110GB its showing now.


Please help

Djordje

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