Seagate 2TB ext dr solid bluelight, not seen on PC

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random-particle Posts 2 Registration date Saturday 17 March 2018 Status Member Last seen 17 March 2018 - 17 Mar 2018 à 12:12
random-particle Posts 2 Registration date Saturday 17 March 2018 Status Member Last seen 17 March 2018 - 17 Mar 2018 à 18:03
Good day, I have above drive and the USB port broke off, I have placed it in a caddy with new cable and on booting up the PC the drive powers up with flashing blue and intermittent red light, once the PC has booted the blue light goes solid, the drive is spinning, but cannot be seen by the 'computer' but shows on device manager, after a short while the blue light goes off. I really need to get the data off, any help would be greatly appreciated!
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
17 Mar 2018 à 15:18
On Device Manager try to change the drive letter. That will some times allow the computer to "see" the drive.

Good Luck
random-particle Posts 2 Registration date Saturday 17 March 2018 Status Member Last seen 17 March 2018
17 Mar 2018 à 18:03
Thank you, will give it a try!