I feel excessively stupid about this, but I'm not really sure the next step to take here.
I bought an external hard drive after I started getting warnings on my laptop about running low on space. It worked great and I transferred all of my frivolous files to the external.
Fast forward a few weeks to today. I have more files I want to store on the HD, but when I plug it in, the light on the HD glows, but my computer doesn't recognize it. At first I was disinclined to think it's the cord or the HD because the light comes on, but I plugged it into my Mom's laptop and it didn't load there either. Granted, her laptop is ancient and doesn't even want to load it's own programs.
I tried restoring my computer to one of those earlier save points (I've had to do this a few times when the hibernate shortcut keys stop working randomly), and I tried using a different USB cord. Any other suggestions?
I bought an external hard drive after I started getting warnings on my laptop about running low on space. It worked great and I transferred all of my frivolous files to the external.
Fast forward a few weeks to today. I have more files I want to store on the HD, but when I plug it in, the light on the HD glows, but my computer doesn't recognize it. At first I was disinclined to think it's the cord or the HD because the light comes on, but I plugged it into my Mom's laptop and it didn't load there either. Granted, her laptop is ancient and doesn't even want to load it's own programs.
I tried restoring my computer to one of those earlier save points (I've had to do this a few times when the hibernate shortcut keys stop working randomly), and I tried using a different USB cord. Any other suggestions?
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