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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1479271"><p>Not sure what you did to shut it off, but if it was writing to the drive for any reason and you shut it off by powering down, you may have lost the directory or partition table, in which case the data on the drive is toast. It's better in Windows to power off the computer and then disconnect, or at least to try ejecting the drive before disconnecting it. That way it's all quieted down when the power is removed.</p><p></p><p>That failure is, however, kind of a longshot. It's more likely that the drive died. Does it spin when powered on? Can you hear/feel if the heads are moving? Can you see the drive in Disk Utility?</p><p></p><p>If it's really, really critical to you, one of the data recovery companies may be able to resurrect the data. That's an expensive process.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: If you think you're going to want it resurrected by a drive company, don't do much with it now as you have an excellent chance of making it go from difficult to impossible to rescue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1479271"] Not sure what you did to shut it off, but if it was writing to the drive for any reason and you shut it off by powering down, you may have lost the directory or partition table, in which case the data on the drive is toast. It's better in Windows to power off the computer and then disconnect, or at least to try ejecting the drive before disconnecting it. That way it's all quieted down when the power is removed. That failure is, however, kind of a longshot. It's more likely that the drive died. Does it spin when powered on? Can you hear/feel if the heads are moving? Can you see the drive in Disk Utility? If it's really, really critical to you, one of the data recovery companies may be able to resurrect the data. That's an expensive process. EDIT: If you think you're going to want it resurrected by a drive company, don't do much with it now as you have an excellent chance of making it go from difficult to impossible to rescue. [/QUOTE]
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