TL;DR: when connecting USB, hard drive spins, light comes on, but device is not recognized.
2 years ago I bought a 1TB WD external drive and it comes with a micro USB port.
I tried to connect it a few days ago on Win 7 and it connected and disconnected a few times. After a while, it disconnected completely and I was unable to get windows to recognize it ever since. I tried to run on Ubuntu and the same problem happens (it sometimes can detect it after a lot of tries but as soon as I try to access the drive, even though all the files show up, the drive suddenly disconnects). I’ve tried this on my smart TV as well and the same thing happens. Although, lately, I have not been able to get it to even display the files anymore.
My theory is that the actual hard drive is ok but the USB driver is messed up (I used to get ‘This device is not USB 2’ message on windows too).
If this is the case, any ideas how i can fix it?
I highly appreciate any ideas and suggestions!