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Fatal device hardware error!

The external hard disk doesn’t appear in the Disk management and getting a message,

“The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error”

Product WD _My Passport_500GB

I have tried on different computers and also used another USB cable, still, it is not detecting in my computer.

Please Help!!

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