How can i get my computer to read my external hard drive

[aaronfitzsr]

Hello,
my hard drive quit reading and I have important files I need off of it how do I fix

 

[phil22]

Inside the enclosure is a SATA-USB bridge chip (a small PCB) and that often fails, leaving the drive unusable but perfectly healthy.

Remove the hard drive from it's enclosure and install it into a third-party enclosure.