ext hd not recognised

yodakeg

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Jan 21, 2015
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my brand new seagate backup slim 1 tb is not regognised by computer. accidental drop but not on hard surface. have all my photos backed up to it. when first plugged into usb is recognised for a second than goes into continuous flashing and drive not visible in my computer. tried on 2 computers 5 usb ports. windows 7 and 8 laptops .........HELP.
 
Solution
Hi there yodakeg,

In case the drive is not showing up in Disk Management, your safest bet for recovering the data would be to contact a data recovery company.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD