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WD my book essential freezes my pc

I cannot access the drive and it freezes up my pc when connected..
It is recognised but not accessable.
I run XP service pk 3

I have another pc (XP s/pack3) that does not recognise it at all when connected.
And a pc running win 7 that recognises drive but cant access it (this also has a tendancy to freeze up when connected)
Any suggestions??/????
I just want to retrieve my data but cant..

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