Why am I getting a blue screen of death after I plug in my external hard disk enclosure?

September 21, 2009 - 12:08 pm

Hi, I have an 80GB Seagate hard disk that I have bought at most two years ago and I bought a hard disk enclosure as well. Just about two months ago, it started acting up - it wasn’t being recognised by my comp. I have a new laptop now and it still doesn’t work like it’s supposed to. My comp recognizes it as a USB Mass Storage Device but the hard drive doesn’t appear. When I try to access Device Manager my comp freezes and when I unplug the device from the usb port, my comp goes back to normal.

I have searched the web for numerous forums that may give me an idea as to how I can solve this problem. This motivated me to buy a new hard drive enclosure. However, doing this did not solve my problem.

Now, when I plug the hard disk enclosure, my comp reads the enclosure but when it starts to install the hard disk, I get a blue screen with a "physical memory dump error". I don’t know what to do know. I have important data in my hard drive that’s why I want to recover it.

Help please?

you might need to format your external drive so it can jive with your new system.

3 Responses to “Why am I getting a blue screen of death after I plug in my external hard disk enclosure?”

  1. Grev Says:

    you might need to format your external drive so it can jive with your new system.
    References :

  2. riga Says:

    If your computer is not working properly while you are working on it, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software.
    Detailed instructions at http://tinyurl.com/yk5zpr
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  3. RICH Says:

    Losing data on a hard drive is the worst nightmare of any computer owner. However, some RAM/hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
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