I force ejected my Buffalo Ministation 500 external hard drive and now my computer will not recognize it when it's plugged in. Is there a way to fix it or recover the data on it? There are irrepl

No dont see it doing that cd/dvd and hard drives both seta and peta ares still all IDE devices so try to find it in your bios set up . but for "normal" install it should auto install the device firm ware and be visible in my computer as a removable mass storage devise

The device probably can with a Buffalo utility/driver disk. The other computer will need these drivers to recognize the device. If you lost the driver disk, you can download them here: http://www.buffalotech.com/support-and-downloads

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Windows 7 (32/64 bit), Vista (32/64 bit), XP (32 bit), Mac OS X 10.4 or later (*2)

You could download and use TrueCrypt. It's free and has very strong encryption. http://www.truecrypt.org/

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My ministation was doing the same, beeping and flashing green light after a light drop on the floor. Soo... I took my ministation usb drive out of the plastic enclosure and smacked it on the table a few times. Plugged it in and it spun back up!! Now my computer recognizes it and everythings working smooth! I assume something with the drive became jammed and the couple smacks loosened the drive head.. Anyway, if all else fails... beat it!

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And you will have to download the CD image and then burn it on to a disk. This would possibly be why you can't see it in your device manager because it doesn't know what it's looking for and how to run it. by downloading, burning it, and then installing it. The computer will then know exactly what the peripheral is and how to recognize it and run it as a hard drive. I sure hope this has helped.
Thanks, Cody

i have exactly the same problem with HD-PCU2 500gb ministation (Buffalo). i have also gone through the solution given by John Adams. i cannot find the device in disk management, therefore i cannot format the device...is it going to work again..please help

Its possible theapplication software that can blow up the password, ask directly to external hard drive manufacturer for the utilities.

Sounds like your drive is bad or is going bad. Try a different usb port and see what happens.

Try using the drive on a different computer and see if it recognizes it.

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hello i was using my buffalo ministation 320 gb external hard drive about a week ago, it was working fine but I left it on my bed when I was done. About 2 days later I went to change my bed sheets and the external hard drive feel on the floor. Now when I connect it to my computer it makes a connected sound but it does not show up on my computer but it is recognized when I safely disconnect it from my computer. I tried it on my laptop, it installs but its the same, it is not detected under my computer so therefore I am not able to access my files. Please tell me what I can do to retrieve my data. Thank you.