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you are number 1 in my book

07 Apr 2012 21:14:47 PDT

damn u solve the problem what a genius
many thanks
wow that was a headache ...

Gary.

05 Jun 2011 19:01:45 PDT

This discussion has 7 years of ideas. I can't tell if you tried them.
Bob ...

Help needed with my HDD!

05 Jun 2011 18:55:39 PDT

Hey Guys,

I can't get my pc to detect my external hdd. Seagate

PC Info: Win XP Pro Sp3
Model: Dell Lati ...

Thanks

04 Apr 2011 05:02:58 PDT

Thanks... I will try all of these things to get my files off of the drive. You have been a lot of help and for that i th ...

Re; disc

04 Apr 2011 04:48:30 PDT

Given that it "occasionally shows up" a power issue is a quite possible cause. If it's easy to diagnose and tu ...

Re : Adaptor and cable

04 Apr 2011 04:33:01 PDT

@ Kees_B

Thanks.. I am not sure that it is a power problem.. as i said it used to work perfectly and now it doesn ...

re : adaptor and cable

04 Apr 2011 04:28:27 PDT

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Re: adaptor and cable

04 Apr 2011 04:25:37 PDT

Adaptor:
If it has the possibility to work with an power adaptor (some do, some don't) try that. If it doesn't have ...

Re : hard disk

04 Apr 2011 04:20:15 PDT

@ Kees_B

Thanks for being so quick...

I have tried it on a few other computers with the same result. I am ...

Re: hard disk

04 Apr 2011 04:02:21 PDT

- Try on a few other PC's just to see of it works there.
- If possible, try with an external power source (adapter).< ...

HELP NEEDED....

04 Apr 2011 03:55:31 PDT

Hey,

I am having, and have been having, trouble with my New 320GB External Hard drive. I have read this entire ...

here is the solution for your unrecognized hard drive.

07 Mar 2011 11:37:58 PST

right click "my computer" then choose "manage", and then a windows opens up and left click once &quo ...

External USB hard drive not recognized

04 Mar 2011 08:34:45 PST

I'm having the same problem. A USB hard drive is not being recognized. However, other USB hardware is performing OK. ...

A little help!

12 Apr 2010 02:01:33 PDT

Please try changing the USB cable as I had a similar problem and that was the solution. KISS principle! Remember to PIF ...

Just a Thought!

12 Apr 2010 01:46:28 PDT

Hello,
Just a thought as I had a similiar problem and I changed the USB wire with a another from some other equopment ...

Re: disc not detected

22 Feb 2010 05:13:52 PST

"I tried to diagnose this via Seatools".

- What happend when you tried?
- Seatools is from Seagate. ...

External Hard Disk drive not detected

22 Feb 2010 04:56:19 PST

Please guide me. The details are :
Hitachi Travelstar
Model No. HTS541040G9AT00 5400RPM
P/N: 0A25392 S/N: X2D80 ...

Update

25 Jun 2008 15:52:20 PDT

external hard drive again became unrecognized, possibly due to plugging it in while it was spinning up? Neither of my pr ...

My solution

19 Jun 2008 13:42:29 PDT

Had same problem in computer A - connect USB hard drive - USB connection tone and "safely remove hardware" ico ...

This discussion is not applicable.

05 Mar 2007 08:15:25 PST

Your issue looks to be drivers or USB ports. If I wanted to make it work I'd install a new USB 2.0 PCI card and connec ...

Re: No drive shows up in My Computer

04 Mar 2007 21:40:57 PST

I am having this same problem. I have read this whole thread and don't see a solution.

I have a western digital ...

Re:External USB hard drive not recognized

09 Sep 2006 09:50:27 PDT

hi,
I maximized the page but still can't find ''disk drives''. where is it located exactly?

thanks! ...

AC Electromagnet used to restore UBS HD recognition

15 Mar 2006 07:12:39 PST

After trying everything I could think of or read about to get my cptr to re-recognize an external UBS Maxtor One-Touch-I ...

Thanks Guys!!

08 Feb 2005 17:29:11 PST

I had this same problem with Win XP using an IDE to USB adapter to plug in a hard drive as an external drive. You guys h ...

For sen...

09 Jan 2005 12:44:06 PST

You added your reply in the middle of a discussion and apparently did not read the entire discussion.

This is evi ...

No drive shows up in My Computer

09 Jan 2005 12:17:35 PST

I plug the external hard drive under XP and it seems that the compter can detect a new hard device in the beginning and ...

I gone through that myself

20 Dec 2004 22:35:52 PST

the problem was the FORMAT of the hard drive. I had formatted it in NTFS under WinXP. WinME does NOT recognize NTFS. ...

Re:External USB hard drive not recognized

14 Dec 2004 15:02:26 PST

Another solution that I used to solve the problem:
I have a 120 mb Western Digital External hard disk drive listed by ...

Re: Explain "map".

11 Nov 2004 11:52:28 PST

The reason I used the term map was because it had been used in an earlier post to explain what I was trying to find out. ...

Explain "map".

11 Nov 2004 05:32:34 PST

It's not a common term when partitioning and formatting a drive.

As such, I can see why you would have trouble.

Re:Have you FDISKed the drive yet?

10 Nov 2004 20:54:28 PST
I'm having the same problem only with Win XP... after researching it just on google, it seems to be a common occurance, ...

Re:Have you FDISKed the drive yet?

23 Mar 2004 20:57:32 PST
Ok, finally was able to figure out how to map this external drive. In System Properties -> Disk Drives -> WDCxxx ...

Have you FDISKed the drive yet?

23 Mar 2004 05:12:05 PST
The drive usually needs partitioning and formatting. This is not automatic and with external USB units, the procedure v ...

Re:External USB hard drive not recognized

22 Mar 2004 22:57:03 PST
I should add that the USB2.0 card is recognized in the Device Manager. With the External HD plugged into that, it is st ...

Re:External USB hard drive not recognized

22 Mar 2004 22:05:13 PST
Ok, I went to Fry's and got a USB2.0 card, installed the drivers, plugged in the external HD ... still is not recognized ...

Re:Re:Re:External USB hard drive not recognized

22 Mar 2004 14:42:47 PST
Yes. Install the USB 2.0 PCI card and try again. http:/ ...

Re:Re:External USB hard drive not recognized

22 Mar 2004 07:49:05 PST
Oops, sorry, I forgot to mention that yes, it is plugged into the USB1.1 port, I don't have a USB2.0 card yet.
Any ...

Re:External USB hard drive not recognized

22 Mar 2004 03:52:24 PST
My unit does something very similar on the USB 1.1 ports that are on my motherboard. Plug the drive into my USB 2.0 ca ...

External USB hard drive not recognized

21 Mar 2004 22:02:15 PST
I have an IOGEAR 160GB External USB Hard Drive (GHD135C160) and it is not being fully recognized.

I have a WinME ...