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| Thread ID: 89010 | 2008-04-17 08:15:00 | Windows 2000 SP4 not seeing external drive | mzee (3324) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 659728 | 2008-04-17 08:15:00 | I have a Seagate 250gig USB hard drive. The problem is that with Windows 2000 it does not connect with the Seagate unless I use Disk Manager to asign a Letter to it. With all other systems, xp, ME, 98, Linux there is no problem and a letter is asigned to it automatically. The 2000 & xp are on the same computer. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 659729 | 2008-04-17 08:19:00 | Has it been formatted? Or is there anything on it?? If it hasnt go to disk management / highlight it then format it. The same way you would do it in XP. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 659730 | 2008-04-17 12:49:00 | May be helpful? support.microsoft.com |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 659731 | 2008-04-18 07:50:00 | You probably need to update W2k to SP3 or 4 to see a drive larger than 137 GB and use USB2 (purportedly there is a specific update for USB2); your motherboard specs/bios could also be your problem ( older models cant see big hdds, and/or are not USB2 compliant); you may have an incorrect cable (is a difference between 1.1 and 2) etc. | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 659732 | 2008-04-18 08:08:00 | You probably need to update W2k to SP3 or 4 to see a drive larger than 137 GB It says SP4 in the title |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 659733 | 2008-04-18 11:40:00 | what happens if you plug in a normal flash drive? It sounds like it may be a general problem with any removable drive. Have you installed all the post SP4 updates? |
Greven (91) | ||
| 659734 | 2008-04-18 13:15:00 | It says SP4 in the title Yup, does too, my bad :o:D |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 659735 | 2008-04-19 04:42:00 | No problems with any other USB device, only the Seagate. USB2 is fine and once the drive is mounted it is normal. Maybe it thinks its Linux! :o |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 659736 | 2008-04-23 13:14:00 | Still not fixed. Any more ideas? USB hard drive is normal after being mounted by drive manager. All other USB devices are normal. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 659737 | 2008-04-24 02:09:00 | The situation is even more strange! I now have Windows ME as a Guest on the W2000 via "VMware". Works perfectly and even detects the USB Seagate drive, which the W2000 will not. Very strange!!! |
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