USB Hard drive problem

Hi,
I have an 80G portable hard drive which I can't seem to access
anymore. When I plug it into my laptop, the laptop recognises a
portable USB device has been plugged in but the device does not appear
under my computer. I've tried everthing I can think of....rebooting,
using the troubleshooter in the 'safely remove hardware' panel. I
really don't want to re-format the drive as I have a lot of work stuff
and more importantly music stored on it! The laptop usb ports work as
other devices work fine.
HELP please!!

Thanks
Seany

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