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Bob
Good morning everyone!
So here is my dilemma that I am dealing with.
I have a 2TB WD Portable hard drive (I am not sure the model number or anything, but it is the bigger kind that has its own power plug.)
What ended up happening was the USB port within the case of the hard drive broke (it fell into the case).
So, I have taken it apart, but my knowledge of how to get it back on is not the best. I do have a kit that connects a hard drive (SATA or IDE) to your computer via USB (the actual kit is this one found at http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276554&csid=_21 )
When I plug it into my computer this way, it installs the driver for my kit, but the hard drive does not pull up.
I go to Disk Management, and see the hard drive connected, but the drive says the space is "unallocated". Before using WD connection it was NTFS.
Is there a way for me the hard drive (other than telling it to format) to be recognized with my windows?
Please note I am using it in Windows 7 64 bit professional.
Thank you in advance for all your help and I hope to get this resolved! (1.5 TB of data I would hate to lose lol)

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