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macsimpalass
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2007 11:04 pm    Post subject: external hard drive problems Reply with quote

I have a dell laptop, i use a diskgo hard rive to store pics and music on. A few days go my laptop will not show that the hard drive is plug n. I did a restore and it didnt help. I re booted xp and it didnt help. please help
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PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:29 pm    Post subject: Re: external hard drive problems Reply with quote

On Wed, 09 May 2007 01:00:18 -0000, no@spam.invalid (macsimpalass)
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I have a dell laptop, i use a diskgo hard rive to store pics and music
on. A few days go my laptop will not show that the hard drive is plug
n. I did a restore and it didnt help. I re booted xp and it didnt
help. please help

Does the external drive make noise when it is plugged in? Did you try
it on another computer before hacking around with software? If you
used the thing a lot and there is no fan in the case with the drive,
it likely suffered from overheating.
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macsimpalass
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PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2007 2:51 am    Post subject: Re: external hard drive problems Reply with quote

yes the fan comes on. it works if i plug it in my desk top.
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