vista stopped reconginizing my ext. hdd

la gringa

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Oct 15, 2008
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just like that. it was working. then window said that the usb device has malfunctioned. only it was working just a min ago. no changes, didnt drop it.

yes, i have restarted the computer

yes, i turned of the ext. hdd, waited a min then turned it back on

yes, i pluged in the usb to a diff port on the laptop


so what am i missing?
 

la gringa

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Oct 15, 2008
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ok so i figured it out.

all i did was replace the pin on the master slot on the hdd

it worked