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macbook123

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I have this WD drive (http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Passport-Essential-Portable/dp/B0041OSQ9S/ref=dp_ob_title_ce) and just when I was about to move all data to a new Thunderbolt external drive the WD appears to stop working. I do have to say to its defense that I dropped it last week, however it seemed to work fine after that.

What is happening is that when plugging the drive in it is visible for about a minute, I can open my Aperture library and check the size of various files and libraries on it, but then it self ejects and OS X gives me the standard warning message that the drive was not properly ejected. I figure from the fact that I can briefly view the contents of my libraries and scan for their sizes that the data on the drive are still intact.

However is this a sign that the drive is dying? Or could it be something else like the cable? What should I do?

As far as trouble shooting is concerned I have rebooted my Air and also tried plugging the WD into my wife's Macbook Pro, with the same result.

I would be very grateful for any thoughts and suggestions.

This drive was my Time Machine backup but unfortunately also stored a large part of my photo and video library. I would spend money to get the data back -- of course it depends a bit on how much I'd have to spend.
 
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