Problem with external Hard drive

[owarinaix]

I am running on Windows XP professional SP2
I have a Beyond Micro, USB 2.0, 250 GB external Hard drive.
I installed it as anyone would, and I have been using it for about a week so far.
Then one day, I disconnected it and shut it off to cool down, because it had become rather hot  
then i turned it back on and connected it again, and it wouldnt be detected by my computer.
it wouldnt show up in device manager or in disk management.
i tried restarting my computer etc. and nothing would happen
any ideas people?  :-/

[GX1_Man]

Try it on another computer to see if the problem is the hard drive or the computer. It's probably the former unfortunately.  :-/

[owarinaix]

hmm didnt work on my brothers computer
oh and please explain what this "former" is
 :-/

[GX1_Man]

The problems were either the hard drive or the computer. Former refers to the first possibility, which is the hard drive. YOu seem to have confirmed the offending item.

I am absolutely NOT impressed with external hard drives, as they are not a safe spot for storage of critical files. Look around the board for LOTS of problems and disasters.

[owarinaix]

is there a possible solution to get the hd working again?
i have about 40 gigs of anime on the thing...

edit
i bought the thing off of tigerdirect. TD claimed that the HD was new but when it arrived, it had scratches and some paint was peeling a little.
maybe that could be part of the problem?
it was obviously used

[GX1_Man]

If it is within the warranty term I would contact them. If it is beyond that, you may be SOL,except for being a little wiser.

They have been very good with a few defective product returns for me, and I don't hesitate to shop there.