USB won't recognize external hard drive?

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I have an HP and have an external hard drive attached to it. Until yesterday everything worked fine. Then all of a sudden the external hard drive doesn't show up in my computer. The external drive houses some vital files for my karaoke business. Do I need to have the external hard drive repaired?

other_guy · Accepted Answer

Try to use your drive in another computer. If it works, then there is an issue with your own computer. If it doesn't, then you have a damaged hard drive.

Terry D · Answer

Did you power the computer up with it disconnected? That could confuse your operating system as it looks for it. I had to do a system restore once when I powered up my laptop without my mouse connected. You cannot just connect and disconnect hardware without telling the computer first.

Anonymous · Answer

you can goto the technical support at the companies site also you mite need to install a driver for it to show up as an external harddrive

hot rod · Answer

How old is your pc?

there are 2 types of USB interfaces  on most computers,  1.1 and 2.0

which make and model pc do you have?

[Proto type] · Answer

unplug usb and power from computer and reconnect to make sure it's not just loose.

? · Answer

have you put a hard drive in the enclosure ?

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