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I bought this external hardrive about two years ago. &nbsp;It had been working great so I loaded all my family pictures. &nbsp;As I needed to change a new desk, I unplugged My Book but next day I found it stopped working propertly. &nbsp;It spins at beginning and then the green light just keeps on blinking. &nbsp; I can't find the hardrive in my computer. &nbsp;It can't start up and give me the following message: &quot;&nbsp;The specified I/O operation on \device harddisk\DR3 was not completed before the time-out period expired.&quot; &nbsp; What had happened? Is my data still safe there? What should I do? &nbsp;Please help!!
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I bought this external hardrive about two years ago.  It had been working great so I loaded all my family pictures.  As I needed to change a new desk, I unplugged My Book but next day I found it stopped working propertly.  It spins at beginning and then the green light just keeps on blinking.   I can't find the hardrive in my computer.  It can't start up and give me the following message: " The specified I/O operation on \device harddisk\DR3 was not completed before the time-out period expired."   What had happened? Is my data still safe there? What should I do?  Please help!!

Urgent! My Book Essential Edition 250GB (West Digital external hardrive) stopped working. Help please!!

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