I have a Big Lacie 500 gb external hard drive i have been using for over a year and now just randomly out of the blue, it will not show up on my computers desktop and will not give any indication it is connected at all. any help would be greatly appreciated, as i have over 30 GB of media on there that i would hate to lose!! the disks are still spining in it, i can feel it working right, but there is a little bit of a jimmy if i unplug it and plug it in again, as its powering up, it creates a little noise i cant even describe it, but then runs smooth? any ideas???
2007-03-14 15:26:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
If your computer is not working properly while you are working on it, it could be a problem with device drivers, hardware or software.
2007-03-15 15:11:29 · answer #1 · answered by leas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do no longer reinstall each little thing in the previous you make sure your keyboard isn't broken. If this is bodily broken, what sturdy is it to reinstall application? an complication-free factor to do is to connect and exterior keyboard on your laptop. merely borrow a keyboard from somebody. Your laptop ought to have a connector for a keyboard or if this is a USB keyboard, connect it to a USB port. If exterior keyboard works good, you will be able to ought to restoration or replace the only on your laptop. in case you nonetheless choose for to do the restoration, merely use F1 on the exterior keyboard.
2016-12-14 19:25:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the drive on a different computer to check if the drive is faulty first.
2007-03-14 19:13:52 · answer #3 · answered by jase_chiu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋