Date: 12/04/06 (Computer Help)    Keywords: no keywords

I have no idea what's going on with my external hard drive but it's suddenly decided not to work anymore. When I plug it into my laptop, the usual 'ding dong' sound comes up but it doesn't load or show up in My Computer. Another sound that pops up are three 'ding ding ding' if I plug the USB cord into the port again.

I hope this makes sense as I'm confused as to how this happened.

Thanks.

[Edit] Okay, I've just figured out that the three dings in quick succession mean that my laptop doesn't reconize my external anymore. I've also tried plugging the hard drive into the older desktop located in the living room and that's not working out too well. I would really like to fix this problem without me having to reformat my drive as I have important school files on it.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/719669.html