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Was it working before with the same computer ? Try with a PC is you can, maybe the drive was has filesystem that mac cannot see by default (like NTFS).
Try connecting the hard drive to some other laptop and see if its getting recognized. Issue could be either with the hard drive itself of it could be with the usb port which you are using to connect the hard drive to your laptop.
A computer that is running Windows XP cannot detect a USB flash drive, an Apple iPod, or an external hard disk drive
To fix this problem, delete the UpperFilters registry value and the LowerFilters registry value. These values may cause access problems. (from Microsoft website)
Is the external drive new? what is the brand of the external drive? you may check this link for an issue with external drive not being detected. It might be similar to what you are currently experiencing right now.
sounds like you are using the wrong power supply. Check the amp output on the power plug you plug into the wall make sure its the same as the amp input of your external harddrive
Is your hard drive detected by the computer? Did you try changing the USB ports? You can
check if the drive is detected by Right click on taskbar > properties > startmenu
> customize > advanced > scroll down completely and select
system administration tools "Display on the all programs menu" > ok.
Click on start > all programs > administrative tools >
computer management > double click on storage. click on disk
management(local) here you should see your drive. If you dont then the
drive is probably not detected. If you see, you can just re-format it from here and it will appear in your my computer.
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