Is there any way to see whether my external hard drive has been plugged into anyone else's computer other than my own, perhaps some history logs? - Quora
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Minimizing Hard Disk Drive Failure and Data Loss/Detecting an Impending Drive Failure - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
![Hi! I ran chkdsk /f /r /x on my external hard drive, currently stuck at stage 4 for over 12 hours. Will include SMART test results log, details posted in the comments. Hi! I ran chkdsk /f /r /x on my external hard drive, currently stuck at stage 4 for over 12 hours. Will include SMART test results log, details posted in the comments.](https://preview.redd.it/hi-i-ran-chkdsk-f-r-x-on-my-external-hard-drive-currently-v0-e6y39j5h5j3a1.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=2022d6c399d90e1d04f08e2a1e700dded9235c81)
Hi! I ran chkdsk /f /r /x on my external hard drive, currently stuck at stage 4 for over 12 hours. Will include SMART test results log, details posted in the comments.
![External hard drive does not show up on Windows 7 - Disk Management says 'You must initialize a disk before logical manager can access it' - Super User External hard drive does not show up on Windows 7 - Disk Management says 'You must initialize a disk before logical manager can access it' - Super User](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MHfLS.png)