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    external hd broken

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by vanzskater272, Dec 25, 2006.

  1. vanzskater272

    vanzskater272 Notebook Guru

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    So I bought a wd scorpio 80gb external hard drive. But I dropped it and when I connected it to my new laptop it installed fine but would not show up on my computer anywhere unless I went to Computer management>system tools>device manager>disk drives then it appears but I cannot see any of the files on it or put anything on it. What should I do?
     
    vanzskater272, Dec 25, 2006
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Can you try to change the drive letter? If it is brand new it might need to get an NTFS Format.
     
    Greg, Dec 25, 2006
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