External Hard Drive problems

[shinju]

I have a toshiba 500 gb hard drive and is not working, the ligth of the hard drive does not turn on. It hasn't wall down or stick with something. It just stop working

[whs]

Sounds like it's dead. If it is still under warrenty, send it back.

You can also try to take the HDD out (if that is easy to do) and test it in an open enclosure - something like this: Newegg.com - Rosewill RX-DU101 Plastic 2.5" & 3.5" Black USB 2.0 Docking Station