Can anyone help?

[starrylizard]

Yet another way my computer is trying to screw me over. :(

Tonight my computer is not reading the stuff on my external hard drive. Like, at first I thought it had reformatted it and I was all "nooooooo!" But then I realised the properties still tell me Free space: 556Gb, Total size: 931Gb which means the information is still there, but my computer is only bringing up a blank.

I tried restarting several times and plugging it back in, which usually fixes issues with hard drives for my compy, but it's not working this time. :(

help... *squeak*

All my media files, not to mention that was the back up for my stupid hard drive of fail. :(

EDIT: Freaking a bit... Seems everyone has this problem... O_O

Comments

[anniehow.livejournal.com]

Sorry, no technical help here, just wanted to rush in with a hug *hugs*

You definitely need to plug it in another computer to check if the problem is with the hard drive or you PC, though.

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Dad's compy tells me "USB device not recognised" but that compy has big issues with USB devices on a good day, so I'm not sure if that means anything definitive. :(

I'm almost in tears. I don't even want to think how that reflects on my life choices and reliance on computers...

*snuggles*