HP P2050S PORTABLE HARD DRIVE WON'T BACK UP

I just purchased a HP P2050S Portable Hard Drive w. simple save. I plugged it in as instructed and it lights up and let me agree to the licensing but thats it. It won't back up anything. Should uninstall and reinstall to see if it will work. I am concerned that I can only install once. I have tried to get ahold of HP and keep getting the run around. i am sorry I bought this thing now, especially when it said all you had to was plug it in. It shows up on devices but nothing is back up on it.
Can anyone help me please.
Thank you
Vicki

That is amazing.. a March 08 is near to first release... most died ages ago.
Which hard disk does it have??
Yes, I would say repair is not worthwhile at this point.. just replace it.
Latest ones are better in lots of ways.. faster wireless and disks..
Plan on 3years then replacement no matter what it is like.
They fixed the power supply issue.. at least they don't die so fast.. but replaced first class drives with the cheapest Green WD.. which I have strong doubts on surviving past 3years.. and plenty are corrupting themselves well beforehand.
Do not believe one word about server class drives.. Apple's definition is PR exercise.. not related to this or the previous decade of server specs.

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