windows 10 verbatim store n go usb device not recognized

The data on the drive is completely replaceable and re-downloadable, but I don't remember half of what was on it so I don't know what to replace. I don't really have a good way to record the noise. It will tick-tock, then wind down for a second before repeating endlessly. What baffles me so much is that the drive light is lit and the HDD itself is whirring, albeit in a manner I'd describe as stammering. Ubuntu's disk tools don't even recognize it. I remember salvaging a dying hard drive once so I booted a live USB version of Ubuntu and popped the drive in once more. I tried deactivating, reactivating the device, as well as updating the drivers, but Windows just says everything is fine, which it obviously isn't. Googling these terms have only confused me further. I then had a look in properties and found mention of a pnp error and Code 10. I tried troubleshooting but it says it can't find the issue. I checked devices and noticed the drive as a USB device with an angry yellow triangle on it. I got the 'you plugged something in' noise and then nothing at all. I took the HDD over to my Windows 10 PC and plugged it in.

Disk Utility doesn't acknowledge the HDD whatsoever, nor does finder. Today my MacBook crashed and after I got it back up and running I noticed that it didn't seem to recognize the external hard drive at all.

A hard drive of this exact type has been the media storage space for my MacBook Air for about half a year and it's been working just fine.

Windows 10 verbatim store n go usb device not recognized