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Hello, I have a western digital 750GB external hard drive like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digi.../dp/B000WP4IWY For some reason it's stopped working recently. When I plug it in it boots up, the lights on the...

Hello,

I have a western digital 750GB external hard drive like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digi.../dp/B000WP4IWY

For some reason it's stopped working recently.
When I plug it in it boots up, the lights on the hard drive come on as normal... my computer then makes the "ding dong" noise when new hardware is plugged in as normal... BUT not once.. twice! Then the hard drive shuts down, the lights go off and nothing happens. Although when the usb cable is unplugged my computer still makes the "ding dong" unplugged noise.

I've tested this on my girlfriends computer and it works fine there so it's not the hard drive. I also have a smaller Western Digital passport 250GB hard drive that is working fine.

I am running XP Home, SP 3.

Any suggestions on why this might be happening would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Mark.