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Old 10-16-2017, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by alwann View Post
My desktop can't locate or communicate with my external hard-drive all of the sudden. (I'm running Windows 10.) Device Manager lists it but File Explorer does not list it. It's getting power. I've rebooted it and the desktop several times with no success. It's an older device (2006), so I suspect it has failed.

Any thoughts on how to resurrect it?

More importantly, if it is dead, how do I get my files out of it in order to transfer to a new external hard drive.

And before you ask, no I didn't back-up all the ext. hard-drive data in the cloud. I don't like paying for backing up files in the cloud.
Backblaze is $50 a year. Worth it for peace of mind...

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