SimpleTech SimpleDrive Pininfarina 500GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Onyx "recent tech items" Questions

...Tech external HD that has been working fine but now my PC won't recognize it and freezes up when I have it plugged in. I get the blump sound when I plug it into the USB port but then I get a ...

tech 250 GB that was recently accidentally knocked to the floor. There was no damage to the outside of the casing , but inside you can hear some loose items. I reconnected it to the computer turned it