Western Digital external hard drive problem

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Hello everyone,

I have a WD 120GB external hard drive that is not being recognized by my computer anymore. It just stopped working.

When I plug the USB cable in, I get the following message - USB Device Not Recognized. One of the USB device attached to this computer has malfunctioned.

Also, I have right-clicked on my computer and then the Manage option, and under Disk Management, I do not see the drive.

I have all of my sports games and music on the drive. I just need some help on how to recover the data on my drive if my drive is corrupt which it looks like it is now.
 
USB device (particularly a drive) not recognized can be a USB power issue

Are you plugging into a laptop or desktop?
Does the drive have it's own power cord? Is it plugged in?
 
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