What to do with a USB hard drive that is not recognized by any computer
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I have a USB HDD that was disconnected from a computer in an improper way. Since than, connecting this disk to any computer has almost no effect: the only thing that changes is the HDD's blue LED that turns on. The computer sees nothing. I tried this on several computer under Win XP and under Ubunt…
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Usually a USB hard drive is simply a standard hard drive in an enclosure. You could potentially disassemble the USB drive and connect the bare drive up inside your computer and see if it is detected or usable there. There's a nice guide to what to d…
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