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I'm afraid you've lost all of your data. Next time use a separate External USB Hard Drive or a USB Flash Drive for that kind of process. But, go back with the drive to the original desktop and see, maybe everything is still there and the other PC did not see it/touch it, hope so. Good luck.

Hi, blinking light may indicate activity to or from hard disk and computer, maybe the disk partition was damaged or lost due to incorrect ejection or a virus, you could use a free partition recovery software to try to fix it, for example EaseUs.

check if it is initialized in the disk manager

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You may have to go into Disk Management and assign a drive letter.

You got a loose wire or faulty cable. Best take it down to the shop and git em to fix it. Should cost ya around $10

I have damaged a few external drives, by power interruptions. Sometimes the damage is too much to get access. However on three occasions (3 different 3.5" drives) I managed to get them to be accessible, by mounting them inside a desktop computer, and connecting them to the power and data connections (EG To Sata power cable, and to Sata sockets on the motherboard.) Windows (or the motherboard) appears to be more tolerant of slightly damaged drives. Two of those drives are still mounted within a couple of my desktops, and have not faltered since. HTH, Rob