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External hard disk doesn’t appear..the request failed due to a fatal device hardware error in computer managment

Have tried each and everything to initialize, needed good technical support
Just messed up :((( help me get back my hard disk.

If you have tried other USB cables and other computers in order to discard the possibility of a system-specific issue then this unit has failed and should be replaced under warranty.

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