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Thread ID: 136868 2014-04-23 21:18:00 2TB HD not being recognized in USB Enclosure pk6ih (17004) Press F1
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1373385 2014-04-23 21:18:00 Hi all, please help, have taken a 2TB SATA drive from a desktop pc whose power supply died and installed it into a new SATA external USB Enclosure. It lights up so I know it has power and I can hear the drive spool up. When I plug it into the laptop it goes through the "installing device drivers" and says it installs ok but no drive is visible under my computer. Have tried this on 2 x laptops one running Win7pro and one win8 and it was not recognized on either, any suggestions please ? pk6ih (17004)
1373386 2014-04-23 21:30:00 See if it is there in Disk Management. CliveM (6007)
1373387 2014-04-23 21:33:00 thanks....where would I find that ? pk6ih (17004)
1373388 2014-04-23 21:37:00 it can see the USB Device under disk drives but not the actual drive itself it that makes sense pk6ih (17004)
1373389 2014-04-23 21:43:00 under properties the device driver says ok and updated ok, under the volumes tab it shows nothing and when I hit populate it says "volume information for this disk cannot be found" pk6ih (17004)
1373390 2014-04-23 22:05:00 In disk management, make sure the USB drive has assigned a drive letter, if it hasn't that's the problem. Had several of my own USB drives do exactly what you described over the weekend. Right click the drive, Change Drive Letter ---- Assign a Letter. wainuitech (129)
1373391 2014-04-23 22:08:00 super thanks pk6ih (17004)
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