Need Computer Help

[SyntheticShield]

Got your message, thank you for the help.

However, the USB drive (the Seagate 250gb) is an external drive and the one that has the data on it I need to recover. The drive in the laptop is fine and I have windows loaded on it and a few other things. I even have a spare laptop drive if it were needed, though considerably smaller than the one in there.

I just need to get the data off the external USB drive and it shows the same thing no matter what computer I hook it up to.

[GeddyLee]

If that is the case? I would simply take the HD out of the external casing and using different IDE cables or SATA cables (if the HD is SATA equipped) and then plug power in from your PS off your desktop system and see if it will reach that? There might be an issue with the external's cabling or dataport within.

Just another thought