Need help please

Hello, people i am posting this thread for a problem i have been having
This morning i went to listen to some music on my external hard driv
and it is not working
this is the first time it has stopped working and i am not sure what t
do i thought i would post this thread and find out some info
I am not sure what is going on i do not know if it is broken o
anything but i plug the external into both the usb ports and stil
nothing
it may be that windows vista is not reading but if you guys kno
anything or know something i should even try please do as this is ver
important to me as it contains very important info

Thanks:

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azarax