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Only with one external drive: power surge on the usb port
All of a sudden, when I connect one of my external drives (Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-Portable External HDD 1TB USB 3.0 Black 2.5"), I am taking "power surge on the usb port" and my keyboard and mouse stop working (when I disconnect the drive they work again).
The usb port is working fine with other external media (flash drive, HDD). This is happening only with that drive (which I have been using daily for a long time).
I tried all other usb ports with the same result. Also, an old netbook doesn't recognize the drive.
Is this a bad drive problem? Do I need to replace the drive? Is there a way to save the data in the drive (it's a backup drive but I want to access the old versions of my files)?
Thanks