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    Dec 14, 2006, 09:32 AM
    External Hard Drive not being read?
    I've had it for about 9 months... and yesterday it decided to stop working... the external hard drive powers up but I can't hear the drive spinning... my laptop says that there is a Hard drive plugged in but when I go into my computer it doesn't show up :mad:
    I have most of the files backed up on cds, but I still want the dam thing to work... any suggestions or ideas on how to fix this??
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    Dec 14, 2006, 09:42 AM
    Shut down, the PC then the drive. Then disconnect the drive. Re boot the PC, power up the drive and reconnect it.
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    Dec 14, 2006, 09:47 AM
    Ive tried all that. Powered everything off, even disconnected everything, and tried the hard drive on a different computer
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    Dec 14, 2006, 09:52 AM
    Then it sounds like the drive is fried.
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    Dec 14, 2006, 09:56 AM
    So basically the only option I have is to try to get it recovered
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    Dec 14, 2006, 09:57 AM
    If you want any of the data on it.
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