YYYESSS!!! I ripped open my external HDD, the one I fried, and was able to connect the actual bare oem hard drive to me mobo via SATA WOOOOT!It worked....all my pics are there YESSSS!!! Already backed them up on DVD... so yeah....If you're external ever stops working take it apart and plug it in!!Can't believe I almost sent in a working hard drive back to seagate....wooooooot!Thank you to all who suggested opening it up!!!

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