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Yes, go to Tirgerdirect.com, and look for a hard drive enclosure. Your Hard drive fits inside and it will then plug into a USB port. You need to order one that fits the drive you have, so you need to know size and type of hook up. I use one for my old laptop HD's.
I recommend going to ubuntu.com and downloading the latest version of Ubuntu. Burn it to a CD or USB Drive, then boot off of it. Once you get into the Live mode (Try without installing), open Disk Utility, and you can run diagnostics on and check the health of your drives.
I think you're looking for an external drive enclosure, like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817729011
They're quite easy to use and almost all of them are compatible with Mac OS X.
You put the drive in the enclosure (usually only takes a few screws) and then plug the enclosure into your computer with the included USB cable. Easy!
Good luck!
This is because there is a connection problem between the external drive and the computer. If you have changed cables to no avail, you can open the casing of the external drive where you will find the hard disk inside. Unplug the two cables connected to the harddisk and replug it after a minute. Then try again. If it still does not work, then you need to buy just a usb enclosure and plug the harddisk there to be able to use it again.
Purchase a new "empty" enclosure, and "transplant" the disk-drive from inside your enclosure into the new enclosure. Cost will be $30 to $40, but all your files on your disk-drive will be accessible.
An external storage-device has four major components:
* the USB cable
* the power-adapter
* the disk-drive inside the enclosure
* the USB-to-disk-drive adapter inside the enclosure.
One of these components has failed.
Try a different USB cable.
Try connecting to a different USB port on your computer.
Try connecting to a USB port on a different computer.
Take a "multi-meter" and measure both the voltage and amperage output from the AC adapter, and compare with the specifications on the label on the adapter.
Open the enclosure, and remove the disk-drive, and then connect it as a "slave" disk-drive in a desktop computer, to see if it works at all.
Purchase a new, compatible, disk-drive, and install it in the enclosure, to "revive" your external storage device.
Get the part-number and serial-number from the label on your disk-drive, and access the manufacturer's web-site, and use "check warranty status", to see if they will replace the device, at minimal cost to you.
In general, you need to install the correct drivers for the enclosure, not for the hard disk. Seeing as you have XP Pro, this is probably unnecessary though.
Also, 0.7A is 700 mA, and this exceeds the USB port maximum current which is 500 mA.
Most (not all!) laptop drives will run even if under a slight undercurrent, but this depends on USB port electronics and enclosure electronics.
Chances are that you won't be able to run the disk unless you plug it into an externally powered USB hub supplying at least 750 mA per port. The 100-500 mA supplied by your PC's USB port is enough to power the enclosure electronics and the host controller, but not enough to get the HD to spin properly. As a result, the HD can not be initialised and the enclosure will report an error.
Some hard disk enclosures come with a "USB Y Cable" or "double power cable" which joins two USB ports to get double the current, and can support HD up to 1.0A. If your enclosure comes with one of them, try that first.
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