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| Thread ID: 56637 | 2005-04-11 02:55:00 | External harddrive won't detect | Ninjabear (2948) | Press F1 |
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| 343602 | 2005-04-11 02:55:00 | Hi My dad bought me a harddrive.An Ide one.I have a USb case.I just slot the harddrive into the ide to usb adaptor.Close the case and plug it into my usb port on my computer. I did that.The light comes on but the computer isn't detecting anything.I tried it on a windows 98se and a windows xp computer.The harddrive shows no response although the blue led light is on.I shove the old harddrve which is the one I dropped.The computer detected it but it can't read it. Why isn't my new drive detecting? |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 343603 | 2005-04-11 02:58:00 | Is it USB2? The case? Have u got USB2 onboard?? If the hdd is new, and youre using XP go to control panel / admin tools / computer management / disk management. See if the hdd appears here. If it does, highlight then format it. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 343604 | 2005-04-11 03:08:00 | Its a usb 2 case and windows does not recognize any harddisk plugged in | Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 343605 | 2005-04-11 03:13:00 | OK and what are you using? Windows XP?? And if so, is SP1 or 2 installed?? And do other USB devices work (if u have any), if u plug them in?? And is USB enabled in the BIOS? Have u got USB 1 . 1 or 2? onboard or PCI card? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 343606 | 2005-04-11 03:57:00 | I was using my friends latpop.He has service pack 2 Windows xp.On board and it has usb 2.0 MY computer is a windows 98se with a pci usb2 card usb2.0 external ports. Both computer recognize the flash drive but not the external hard drive |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 343607 | 2005-04-11 04:12:00 | OK. Umm whats it say in device manager for the hdd? Any errors? 98 SE supports USB 2, BUT 98 and under don't. Are you trying to connect the hdd thru a USB hub or thru the USB port?? And I take it, the hdd goes by power. The power is connected to it right? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 343608 | 2005-04-11 04:26:00 | Some of em have issues if the drive isn't set to Master, Cable select especially will throw a spanner in the works. | Metla (12) | ||
| 343609 | 2005-04-11 04:53:00 | Hi My dad bought me a harddrive.An Ide one.I have a USb case.I just slot the harddrive into the ide to usb adaptor.Close the case and plug it into my usb port on my computer. I did that.The light comes on but the computer isn't detecting anything.I tried it on a windows 98se and a windows xp computer.The harddrive shows no response although the blue led light is on.I shove the old harddrve which is the one I dropped.The computer detected it but it can't read it. Why isn't my new drive detecting? Is the hard drive jumpers set to master? It needs to be. Can you feel it powering up at all when you plug it in? You have connected a power cable to the HDD didn't you? If its a 3.5" or 5.25" enclosure it needs power.I'd connect the HDD direct to your PC first via IDE. Check its picked up ok by the BIOS and therefore working, then format it and out it back in the enclosure then try it again. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 343610 | 2005-04-11 06:32:00 | 98se supports usb2.0 not 98 . Yes.I plug the harddrive to the usb 2 ports.Theres two ports required for the harddrive.One for power.The other for data transfer. I heard my dad its a notebook external hard drive.So its a 3.5 inch??.. Where is the jumper located? There shouldn't be anything wrong with the bios as it detects my old broken external harddrive.Same brand too and same size.Fujitsu 10gb hard drive |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 343611 | 2005-04-11 06:36:00 | I don't see any jumpers anywhere in the harddrive | Ninjabear (2948) | ||
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