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Can't rea/open external hard drives

Nov 6, 2010 8:47AM PDT

I just can't read or open external hard drives from my laptop or any other computer. It's not one but two external drives that I can't open. However, I can still open my flashdrive. Not too sure if this is related, but my laptop is virus infected. But, I just can't seem to understand why both external hard drives (but not the flashdrive) cannot be open from any other computers as well?


Not too usre if the two are relatedMy laptop (lenovo thinkpad) was infected with a virus and ev

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