I don't know when it decided that working was not an option, as it was working fine yesterday and this morning??? I can't tell if the hard drive is dead or if there's something wrong with the cables, since it could just be that. It hasn't been making any weird sounds or anything? Nothing that would be concerning, just normal working sounds so... I don't know what to think.

It's not very old either, only about a year or so. It's odd. But now there's a chance I've lost a year's worth of art as well as some photos and other things. I KNOW I SHOULD BE BACKING UP THE BACK UP, but honestly, it's something I just forgot about All The Time, so yeah that's my fault.... but it's only been about a year since I got this hard drive so... idk idk idk.

I'm gonna try to call a place that does data recovery and ask about it. Hopefully it won't be too expensive... or maybe there's just a problem with the cables, I have no idea at this point.