External Maxtor HD not showing in "my computer"???

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I have googled this one to death but I still have not solved the
problem. This external drive was working great til suddenly it stopped
showing in my computer. It has been formatted/partitoned & I have been
saving files on it for awhile. When I turn the unit off, the drive
shows in my computer for a split second then disappears. It also shows
in device mgr when turned on & also the usb icon shows in my task bar
telling me the device is working properly. If I try to go to disk mgmt
when unit is powered on..I cannot..if I turn unit off..I can get to
disk mgmt however the drive is not listed in disk mgmt either. Does
anyone have a fix for this? I know this unit is working & I do not want
to lose any of the files on there. Thanks in advance.
 
Thanks however...when I rebooted from the floppy diagnostic tool , it
did not recognize the external drive either & the power was turned on.
What I did realize is that the external being turned on caused my pc
to not boot up. My pc just sat at the "windows is starting up" screen.
Last week this triggered me to restore my pc because I thought it was a
pc problem but apparently it's the external that's the problem. I also
discovered that with the external powered on that I cannot open any
folders or apps but immediately when I power the external
off...everything opens up fine. Any other suggestions? Could I be
looking at a bad HD? or bad casing? Thanks.
 
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