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External hard drive problem ( Maxtor 3200)

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by cummingseric79

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Last night I wanted to use my external hard drive for something and when I powered it up, the light on the hard drive just blinks and i don't hear the hard drive spinning. And of course it doesn't show on the laptop. Someone PLEASE HELP!!! I have vital information on there and hope there is a way to recover it or get this hard drive running again. Its in good condition, no liquid spills etc, it just crapped out on me seemingly.. ANY advice will be GREATLY appreciated

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by mr.wiz

This would be better posted to the questions forum. Please click the "Ask a Question" link and resubmit. You'll have a better chance of getting an answer over there.

by deepsand

Try the "Questions" forum; the "Discussion" forum is for matters of general discussion, not specific problems in search of a solution.

Post problems such as this to the "Question" forum, rather than the "Discussion" forum. There are those who specifically seek out problems in need of a solution, and that's where they go to look for such.

Additionally there are the benefits that:

1) The "Questions" forum provides for your feedback, by way of your being able to mark "helpful" responses as such. This does not necessarily mean that a given response contained the complete solution to your problem, but only that it served to guide you toward it. This is intended to serve as an aid to those who may in the future have a problem similar to yours, so that they might have a ready source of reference available, thereby perhaps obviating the need for them to repeat questions previously asked and answered.

2) The revised TR makes it quite difficult to find both "Discussions" and "Questions" that have not had a fairly recent post, owing to some functions comingling them in the listings. By keeping each type in their respective forums, it is easier for all to find what they are looking for.

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