External Hard Drive Help

[John Wayne]

My external hard drive isn't connecting to my computer anymore; the light goes on, but nothing shows up. I checked disk management, but it doesn't show up there either, and I had DM do a rescan of my disks and still nothing. I tried restating the computer with it plugged in, plugged in and off, and not plugged in, but still no dice. I'm going to take it to a friend later and try plugging it in on their computer, and I'm also going to reinstall Linux Mint on my laptop and see if that works.

The OS I'm currently using is Windows 7 32-bit, and my external is a Lacie Big Disk; I've had it for about four or five years now, and this is the first problem that I've ever had with the thing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Freddie]

Plug it directly into a USB port that's on the motherboard I/O plate at the back rather then using a hub or front mounted USB's. Failing that test it in another PC.