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Lately my external hard drive has been acting up, there seems to be a problem with the port losing connection to the cable..opened it up and found this brown component, scared it
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Does this message mean the external hard drive is broken. “There Is a Problem with This Drive. Scan the Drive Now and Fix It” I use a Toshiba Canvio Advanced. I have
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