I bought my hard drive about 6 months ago and it worked fine.
I lost the power cable for it and for about 4 months have been unable to use it.
I then found a power cable which I thought worked but was the wrong one, and then I managed to find the correct one.
However, now when I connect the hard drive to my laptop, it is not detected, and I cannot see it in My Computer.
The green light on the side flickers when connected to the power. I can also hear a whirring sound which sounds like something is spinning, I'm not sure if this is normal.
I don't mind losing the data on the drive but would like to get it working ASAP.
I'd be grateful if anyone know's how I can get it to start working again.
Thanks
Double check the cable.
drive get the power and spin too there is a problem with the Cable.
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The cable seems to be working fine. How would I check it though?
I am having the same problem, the drive will not show up on the computer screen, though the light lights up and it whirrs. I have tried on two different computers, a laptop and a desktop, both macs. I have tries different firewire cables, firewire 400 and 400 and USB cables and a different power cable. None have worked. I would like to know if there is any way to fix the problem and/or get the information off the drive
i had double check on the cable . but yet my harddisk still can't be read by computer
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