The most common fix I use is to put the HDD that's inside into a new case.
That's far cheaper than any recovery house.
Hello. I have a problem my external hard drive, it's not appearing at all in my mac. Not even in the disk utility. Other USBs and External Hard drives work, but this one does not and it happened just recently.
I think it's obvious that my EHD is broken (regardless of lights being on) so if there is no way i can get this to appear on my mac then i may need to take it to a professional.
If that is my only option, can i be certain that the files in this EHD can be retrieved? Unless someone here can help me get this to work?

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