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| 1204985 | 2011-05-26 12:09:00 | I Have two external HDD's in separate USB enclosures. I have not used them for awhile, but neither are detected in 'my computer", though both show up in device manager/disk drives. What might be causing this ? |
curly (6655) | ||
| 1204986 | 2011-05-26 13:06:00 | Assuming the hardware is all OK it sounds like there's a problem with the filesystem... are you using an unsupported OS? eg; trying to use NTFS on Win9x or Ext3 etc on Windows? What does disk management say? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1204987 | 2011-05-26 20:53:00 | Assuming the hardware is all OK it sounds like there's a problem with the filesystem... are you using an unsupported OS? eg; trying to use NTFS on Win9x or Ext3 etc on Windows? What does disk management say? Sorry, I should have said I am using Vista. I have not heard of disk management. I typed it into Help, but it did not show anything. Where do I find it ? |
curly (6655) | ||
| 1204988 | 2011-05-26 22:36:00 | Right mouse on computer on the desktop manage / disk management. If they say unallocated format them / give them a letter | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1204989 | 2011-05-26 23:06:00 | Have they actually got data on them that you know for sure ? If you format them, any data will be wiped out. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1204990 | 2011-05-27 00:44:00 | Right mouse on computer on the desktop manage / disk management. If they say unallocated format them / give them a letter Disk management does not even see them. Guess they need to be formatted. Thanks |
curly (6655) | ||
| 1204991 | 2011-05-27 00:50:00 | Maybe a hardware problem.... what actually shows up in device manager? can you post a screenshot of it? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1204992 | 2011-05-27 09:17:00 | Maybe a hardware problem.... what actually shows up in device manager? can you post a screenshot of it? Device manager and then "disk Drives" show nothing at all which relate to the external USB drive. I am assuming it is not formatted and plan to format it tomorrow. I am expecting it to work OK after the format :-) |
curly (6655) | ||
| 1204993 | 2011-05-27 09:28:00 | If they dont appear in device manager, there's no way youre going to format them. If you cant see them. See if Legacy USB is enabled in the BIOS / or see if they appear in the BIOS. if they dont, they wont appear in windows Or connect them to SATA ports if theyre SATA. See if theyre working at all |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1204994 | 2011-05-27 09:41:00 | I have a 2.5" laptop hard drive in a USB enclosure that wont run if connected to a single USB port. I have to use a lead that plugs into two USB ports to get sufficient power to spin the drive up. | b.... (7683) | ||
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