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So u r saying i need a proper external hdd cable for the hdd to work and not some substitue usb cable which happens to fit into my external hdd usb port... right???

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My friend lost my cable to my external hard drive.He has given me a substitute usb cable but my pc doesn't recognize my external hard disk. What do i do??? Will getting a new proper usb cable fix it?????

PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!!!

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No can do until you tell us what external drive you're talking about.

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what drive is it?

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No can do until you tell us what external drive you're talking about.

Western Digital Elements 1TB 2.5 inch Drive

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Western Digital Elements 1TB 2.5 inch Drive

Yeah with the WD PassPort I have I had to use the WD cable otherwise it just didn't work for me.

 

Here's the link for the cable.

 

http://store.westerndigital.com/store/wdus/en_US/DisplayAccesoryProductDetailsPage/ThemeID.21986300/productID.221434000/categoryId.13095900

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Yeah with the WD PassPort I have I had to use the WD cable otherwise it just didn't work for me.

So u r saying i need a proper external hdd cable for the hdd to work and not some substitue usb cable which happens to fit into my external hdd usb port... right???

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So u r saying i need a proper external hdd cable for the hdd to work and not some substitue usb cable which happens to fit into my external hdd usb port... right???

Yes..

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He probably gave you a charge only cable

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He probably gave you a charge only cable

it seems to be a usb cable for a phone!!!

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So u r saying i need a proper external hdd cable for the hdd to work and not some substitue usb cable which happens to fit into my external hdd usb port... right???

No!!! If that would be true the usb standart would be useless!!!

 

 

He probably gave you a charge only cable

thats more likely.

 

 

it seems to be a usb cable for a phone!!!

thats a regular usb2 cable try a usb3 cable

and usb2 has less power than usb3

 

http://www.amazon.com/Superspeed-Type-Micro-28AWG-Cable/dp/B004TZVKIS/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1406035976&sr=8-7&keywords=usb3+cable

this would work

i am not a native speaker of the english language

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No!!! If that would be true the usb standart would be useless!!

what do you mean???

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what do you mean???

any USB 3.0 cable rated for data will work.

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any USB 3.0 cable rated for data will work.

basically  i need a proper external hdd cable for the hdd to work right?

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basically i need a proper external hdd cable for the hdd to work right?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008EQZ25K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1406036293&sr=8-1π=SX200_QL40

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i ordered this one, will it work??? the cable is usb3.0 compatible

http://www.amazon.in/dp/B00A28P3AC/ref=pe_386221_48200641_TE_item

that should work

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