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When i plug my WD 500GB external hard drive in, it




By agoldman on Nov 09, 2009

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when i plug my WD 500GB external hard drive in, it doesn't automatically come up, and when i try to locate it from "my computer", it shows up as a regular hard drive. when i try to open it, it says it's not formatted and doesn't open. i've had this for babout 2 years and never had any trouble with it. what do you recommend?
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Nov 09, 2009

- i would save it on to another drive, but i can't access any of the files--the only thing it says is that it's not formatted. How can i access the files to move them?

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posted on Nov 09, 2009
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mashup1

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RIGHT CLICK ON THE HARD DRIVE AND CLICK ON FORMAT.IF THERE IS STUFF ON THE DRIVE U WANT TO KEEP SAVE IT ON ANTHER DRIVE BEFOR U FORMAT
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