I have an external USB drive formatted for Mac OS X with 200 GB of data that I need to transfer to a Windows machine.

The PC may not be able to read files due to damaged hardware such as a hard drive, external drive, CD, or corrupted system or program files, a corrupted Windows registry, or even a file that has not ...

Not all USB cables are created equal -- some can't even transfer data. A lot of the ones stashed in your drawer might only be for charging. How can you tell?