How to fix broken External Hard Drive after it has been dropped.

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Before reading understand of course this does not always fix the drive but can in many cases especially if your drive has been dropped or cracked.

Its a very simple fix, take apart your external drive and take out the hard drive.

Go to your favorite electronics store or site and purchase a hard drive enclosure for you drive typically $20-$40 and put your hard drive in it.

Hope this can save at least one person from buying an all new external drive.