How to fix external hard drive

ana27

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Hello,
i have an external hard drive, my problem is that my laptop cannot read my external hard drive.. the time i connected the cable into my laptop and the lights turn on bt still it cannot be read.. plss help.. i have impt. files on it..
 

icy dock

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Hey Ana27,

If what Ubrales mentioned does not work for you, check to see also if this external hard drive is removable. That will depend on who made it, if not, you may have to go through the manufacturer in order to retrieve the data back.

Hope this helps you with your question!
 

electrontau

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Another thing is to check if Disk Management sees the drive.

Right click Computer>Manage>Disk Management.

It happened to me few times that my ext drive is not detected by Windows but it is listed in Disk Management. Somehow lost the driver letter assignment. Once I reassign the drive letter, it is back.

Does the drive make any weird noises?