Computer No Longer Recognizes The External Drive After Removing External Hard Drive

Oct 23, 2011

.I didn't wait for the computer to tell me it was ok to remove the drive in the usb port. Now my computer no longer recognizes the external drive After removing my external hard drive (without the ok) my computer no longer recognizes the external hard drive. What do I do.

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