External HDD probs

Hey, ive had my ext HDD for about 3 months now and never had any problems with it but jsut today it is appeaing in the device manager but not in my computer so i cant access it :( i was jut wondering if anyone knew what wrong or how to fix it. Thanks :happy:

unplug it..shake it a little, turn off your pc, plug it in, turn both on…

when you shake it a little, if you hear something moving..RMA it

RMA? Revolutionary Military Affairs ?

Return Merchandise Authorization..where did you get your ext hdd?

Ah, kk. Maplin :happy:

Did you do what i suggested?

Yup, i shook it and i heard a rattle but then saw it was the wire hitting the side of my bed :$ then i restarted and unpluged it and everything…still nothing :(

Have you tried accessing it by it's drive letter? Sometimes my memory stick refuses to appear in my computer, but I can type it's letter into the run box and it will open fine.

Thats the first thing i tried :(

RMA it..or take it apart and see whats inside..but it may void the warrenty

ok…well i cant take it apart coz it uses weird screw heads and i dont think i can take it back, i only have the box and none of the papers or anything :(

Shake it harder.

;)

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling it in Device Manager? Update driver? Have you looked for "unknown device" or yellow !'s on items in Device Manager? A different USB port?

If none of that works, right-click My Computer, go to Manage, find Disk Management, and make sure there is a drive letter assigned to the external drive.