My Windows 7 PC an't see My Passport 1TB External

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My Windows 7 PC an’t see My Passport 1TB External.  It also can’t be seen by my MacBook Pro, my iMac or my Mac Air!  When I first plugged it into my MacBook Pro to offload some of the hard drive there, it told me it was not readable and after a few tries (and getting the same error msg), I clicked on ignore.  Now it isn’t even visible on any of my computers.  If only I could see it, I would reformat it, but I can’t even see it to do that! 

The drive is spinning and the power LED is illuminated (and I can feel it running).  I’ve tried two different connectors and both provide power to the drive to spin and illumnate the LED.

HELP!

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Hello,

Check if the drive is seen in disk management on Windows or disk utility on Mac. If it is seen then you can format it from there.

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If the drive is not seen in disk management or disk utility then its time to get it replaced.

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