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Toshiba external Hard drive not working

posted by crisp182 on Mar 11, 2008

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Hey guys,
I have got a toshiba external hard drive model # MK1234 GAX. When I connect it to my laptop the green light on the hard drive goes on but my windows xp sp2 doesnt make any sound of it being recognized. It has all my files in it.I can feel the drive vibrating.
Its external case is a cheap lightwave case.
It was working but all of a sudden it stopped.
I should mention though I did not do safely remove and I think after that it stopped working,I am not sure though.
I am tired of reading all threads.Please help.

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posted on Mar 11, 2008

lenny297

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I suggest to connect the harddrive straight to the computer as a slave disk, coz i think the casing power has been damaged. make sure u set its jumper as slave, the harddrive in the machine which contaoins windows should be the master.

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Toshiba external Hard drive not working

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