Tried that--now the drive shows up on the diagnositc tool "western digital has their own diagnostic tool" but not in explorer, when I ran a test in the diagnostic it said "cable error" but my usb cable looks fine.
I own a 70 GB western digital series II USB hard drive:
Serial Number: WMAJ51514402
Model Number: WD800B008
This device worked find up until december 24th--I had it plugged in to my computer and was downloading a large number of avi files onto it (legit). I left to attend a short...