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Computer help: MY external 2.5" drive won't show up in My Computer.
MY external 2.5" drive won't show up in My Computer.
by AKA_Ben - 6/1/07 4:50 PMMy problem is that my external HDD shows up in the Safely Remove Hardware area as a Mass Storge device but it won't appear in the My Computer screen. It had previously [worked] but in an attempt to eliminate residual system files (it used to be a C:/ drive in my old laptop) I wrote zero's to the thing. I suppose that was a bad idea seeing as it basically disabled the drive but is there a way to get my machine to recognize it again? It spins up and everything it just won't show up as a letter drive.
System I'm running: Dell XPS M1710 w/Windows XP
HDD in question: 2.5" Toshiba drive inside an external USB enclosure.
"wrote zero's to the thing."
by R. Proffitt
- 6/1/07 5:00 PM
In reply to: MY external 2.5" drive won't show up in My Computer. by AKA_Ben
In disk management, make a partition there, format it....
More steps?
by AKA_Ben - 6/1/07 5:05 PM In reply to: "wrote zero's to the thing." by R. Proffitt
Could elaborate more on the steps I need to perform? Is this done inside Windows or before it boots up?
(NT) Click, Start, Help...type in Disk Management...
by R. Proffitt - 6/1/07 5:35 PM
In reply to: More steps? by AKA_Ben
Thanks for your help
by AKA_Ben - 6/1/07 5:55 PM In reply to: (NT) Click, Start, Help...type in Disk Management... by R. Proffitt
Sorry for being such a dim wit'
Not dim.
by R. Proffitt - 6/2/07 5:03 AM
In reply to: Thanks for your help by AKA_Ben
I pointed out where you could sort it out and you did.
Bob
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