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Thread ID: 103950 2009-10-11 22:19:00 External HD won't work in Vista Peter Coleman (597) Press F1
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819384 2009-10-11 22:19:00 Hi guys,I have an external hard drive I use as a backup for my sons Ipod but when I plugged it in the other day Vista refused to recognise it.It gives a beep to say it sees it then straight away gives another beep to say it is disconnecting it,aand then just keeps on beeping continously accepting and rejecting it ad infinitum.It has worked in the past,and works on an XP laptop ok,so whats wrong here,and how do I fix it.Thanks for any suggestions

Peter
Peter Coleman (597)
819385 2009-10-11 22:56:00 Try another cable.

If its not that, then its probably the case
Blam (54)
819386 2009-10-11 23:10:00 The hard drive is in a case and I use the whole thing,lead and case on the xp laptop and it works fine

Peter
Peter Coleman (597)
819387 2009-10-11 23:11:00 2.5" or 3.5"? It may not be getting enough power if it's a USB powered 2.5". wratterus (105)
819388 2009-10-11 23:27:00 2.5 but as I said,it worked ok a few weeks ago,and I have tried it in 3 different usb ports

Peter
Peter Coleman (597)
819389 2009-10-12 02:43:00 Sounds like the USB drive didn't disconenct correctly, and may have screwed up the Devices.
Have a read of Post number 2 (www.techsupportforum.com) by johnwill.
wainuitech (129)
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