Freecom hard reset - Freecom MediaPlayer-35 (80 GB) Digital Media Player (26665)

It is hard to buy replacement for the same enclosure, but there are many USB2.0/3.0 enclosures available on the market for 2.5 and 3.5 inch drives.
Make sure read reviews for issues and performance on those enclosures.

You can find a user manual here: http://www.freecom.com/

The computer repair stores have special software that might help and is worth considering because this is something you cannot do alone.

Probable reason for failure of a disk is power, if the power is adequate may be some of its components like inductor, diodes in series with the power line are opened, check for any burn marks on the pcb

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Is this a SATA drive and what operating system is loaded on it? .
you may have to insert the installation disk to reset the password.
There is a Linux program on the internet to reset the password to default but there is no guarantee to this. This is for Windows XP
2. You can also get some one with a Linux box to view and backup your data on another hard drive but the PC will have to be compatible to accommodate the hard drive capacity.
3. Try not entering a password at all when in the password/ user screen "hit enter"
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It should automatically allocate a drive letter to it. Go to windows explorer and hit F5 to refresh the display and you should see a new drive letter with the name of FREECOM next to it.

Assuming this external hard drie is powered via USB, you probably just need the drivers:
http://www.freecom.com/ecsupportdetail.asp?serie=Mobile+Hard+Drives&group=1148826&interface=1148827

Have a look here>

http://www.freecom.com/ecDrivers.asp

I can't see any Mac drivers for the drive...

I found this page>

http://freecom-usb-osx.sourceforge.net/

You might be able to get some help here...