external hard drive issues please help

im running W7 and i have been having this external hard drive for over 2 years now, and when i plug in my external hard drive this morning, it asked me to format my hard drive before using it. I did not and then i went go My Computer and I couldnt find my external hard drive. On the External Hard Drive itself, the blue light still flashing and i can hear the hard drive is spinning which is i guess its working. Can you tell me what is going on? I tried on different computer but still not working.

 

Sounds like either the external housing is failing, or the drive itself. How about trying with another cable first?

cheers ...

 

Check in Disk Management to see if Windows actually detects a partition.
If it doesn't, then you may need to try this utility
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

 

i tried another cable, but still doesnt work.

and i can not access to Disk Management when the hard drive is plugged in, it freezes.

Is there a way i can access to my data and take it out? i need all my data

 

you could try removing the drive from the case, it should be a standard IDE or SATA interface.

use something like this to read it if you need to access it via USB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...156102&cm_sp=DailyDeal-_-12-156-102-_-Product