Usb input from hard drive to computer is broken
The usb input from hard drive to computer is broken, some little black piece of plastic broke off and it can't read now
Computers & Internet - Maxtor - Personal Storage 3100 (M01E100) 100 GB Hard Drive
Answers & Comments
Will replacing the data-cable replace the broken-off piece?
If not, then for about $30, you can buy a new "empty" external case, and then "transplant" your current disk-space into the new case.
Take your current external drive to the computer-store, so that the new case that you buy will be the correct case for your existing disk-drive.
Of course, because you have a "small" (100GB) disk-drive, any warranty for the disk-drive probably has expired, and it would be good "preventative-maintenance" to buy a new external disk-drive, before your current disk-drive unexpectedly "quits" on you.