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Unable to detect external hard drive

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dario1977

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My Western Digital USB External Dual-Option Media Center 160 GB isn't being recognized by any computer I plug it into. It's NTFS formatted and is just extra storage space for like files and such.
It was working fine untell recently when my brother plugged it into one of the older computers then it just wouldn't get recognized when i plug it back into the main comp. It doesnt work on the older comp either. It doesnt show up in the device manager or anywhere on the comp. I've tried searching and everything. It doesnt make any new sounds it sounds the same as when i got it brand new.


i've tried all of these , http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp
the data lifeguard diagnostics wont even recognize it either so I'm not sure what to do. I don' t think its damaged because it sounds fine and I've never dropped or had anything dropped on it.


Can anyone help me? I'm a noob to computer things and I dont want to lose all my data from the hard drive.
 
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