HELP: My External HD quit being recognized by my laptop. It shows up in ‘Device Manager’ but doesn’t show under my ‘Computer’. Is there any truly free software or way I can recover the drive so I can attempt to salvage what’s on it? It’s a Western Digital and it plugs into a USB port. It’s no longer under warranty. I’m using my Win7 laptop as my Win8 laptop isn’t loading properly. It’s not showing up on either one. It will show up in device manager on either laptop just not as a letter drive under my computer. The product was purchased in October 2012 so it’s not even two years old. I have a lot of stuff on the drive that would be too expensive to replace.
Thanks for any help.