What Should I do With My External Hard Drive?

pckitty4427

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My external hard drive hasn't been working properly lately.

I've tried this on two different PCs, with the same results. One PC had W8 and the other XP.

When I connect it, Windows doesn't recognise it. I open the "Computer" tab in Windows explorer, but it shows the green loading bar at the top at it gets stuck at about 95%. Then explorer just freezes. This has also made it impossible to format.

What should I do?