hard drive just died :(

B3ShO

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hi,
i have external hard drive , it's a Transcend 500 GB , yesterday it was working fine
when i tried to open it today it just won't work :\
it still shows me the blue light , and it's start spinning but windows say that the usb drive isn't recognized :\ any ideas , all off my work is on it , and i can't afford also buying a new one :p
p.s. some times it's stop spinning and some times it keep going
sorry 4 the bad English :)
 
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did you try another usb cable since it is receiving power from it and see if it work on another usb port or computer also this drive have a 2 years warranty .

B3ShO

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will i can't the warranty cuz i am in Syria :v
and i tried another usb cable and also didn't work :c
 

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i tryed on another 3 laptops , it's the same , i am downloading linux to try it on it &_&
 

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some test you could made to see if the drive work or could be reformat and you will loose all data on it for reformat www.techspot.com/community/topics/troubleshoot-windows-wont-recognize-usb-hard-drive-fix-unassigned-drive-letter.122125/