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HDD won't show up in My computer
Name: munrob Date: July 14, 2009 at 21:29:22 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: Hard Drives
Comment:
I was installing a game onto my external Hard drive when a blackout occurred. Ever since, my Hard Drive doesn't work, if you plug it into a computer it doesn't show up in my computer and makes the computer run really really slow until it stalls. and then when you unplug the hard from the computer, the drive shows up for a split second. Does anyone know what i could do??
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