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I have never tried any other cables - just using the one it came with originally. OK, yeah I think it sounds like I'm just going to have to pay to get it fixed. Thanks again for your help!

Thanks. No, I haven't tried taking it apart if that's what you mean. I'm a bit confused. It is an external hard drive, not in a computer case.

No, I don't think I can hear it spinning. I don't have a spare cable - do you think it's worth buying one to try before taking it into the shop, or it's probably not likely enough to be the cable to bother? The drive didn't show up on CrystalDiskInfo. Thanks so much for your help! Really...

Thank you! Yes, I think it's looking that way - just wanted to find out if if anyone could tell me what they think may be wrong with it to see if there was something I could try first.

Thanks, it sounds like if I try this method, I might lose my data completely?

Thanks - unfortunately that didn't work - won't let me assign a drive letter.

You can say that again! Yes, I think that's what it might come to, but I have to at least try to solve it myself first.

Thanks. I did try them, but as I said in my post, it doesn't show up in the data recovery program to scan for data to recover!

EDIT: THANKS GUYS, I WILL BE TAKING IT INTO THE STORE, BUT THANKS ALL FOR HELPING ME ELIMINATE SOLUTIONS FIRST. VERY HELPFUL BUNCH! I bought an external hard drive in 2016, and it stopped working after incorrectly formatting my PC. I would like to know what you think the issue is and any...

Ah very helpful thanks

Great thanks so much

Mostly Zoom meetings, web surfing, word processing, but also there's a chance I might decide to record music (hobby) and play games and use photoshop.

Awesome thanks a lot!

EDIT: THANKS FOR YOUR HELP GUYS. I'VE DECIDED THE 5000 IS BETTER FOR ME. What is the difference between: Dell Optiplex i7 5000 or i7 7000? Is the worth 7000 worth the extra money? Both have: 12th gen 16gb ddr4 SSD 512gb class 35 Intel integrated graphics card Windows 11 pro 3 yr on site tech...