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| Thread ID: 138621 | 2014-12-26 17:31:00 | xp pro won't recognize hdds plugged into usb port. | spooky (4241) | Press F1 |
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| 1390952 | 2014-12-26 17:31:00 | Windows Xp Pro won't recognize any hdds plugged into usb port using a caddy. Can anybody help. Thanks in advance. | spooky (4241) | ||
| 1390953 | 2014-12-26 19:44:00 | Is it USB 3? If it is XP doesnt fully support USB3 | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1390954 | 2014-12-26 21:51:00 | Sorry. I should have said that it is either usb 1.1 or 2.0. Thx | spooky (4241) | ||
| 1390955 | 2014-12-26 22:06:00 | Go into the Disk Management in the control Panel, Instructions described HERE (www.hgst.com) , with the USB drive plugged in scroll through and see if its actually detected, if it is showing make sure it has a drive letter assigned to it. If it doesn't then assign one and the drive will appear. If its got no drive letter then theres corruption within the OS - there is a fix but look to see if this is the problem first. :) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1390956 | 2014-12-27 00:56:00 | I am at present in Disk management. I can see that the disk is present, its status is healthy, size is represented correctly. The tool show the disk type is basic and the layout is partition. There is no drive letter and when I right click on the blue highlight to install the drive letter the drop down menu is greyed out except for the help option at the bottom, which is no help. So please HELP!! Thx |
spooky (4241) | ||
| 1390957 | 2014-12-27 01:08:00 | I forgot to mention that it does not have a file sysytem shown and that it contains a GPT Protective partition. I believe this drive came from a HP Server Model no tc2120. I also have another drive from the same server which is showing the same problem but it does not have GPT Protective partition. Thx | spooky (4241) | ||
| 1390958 | 2014-12-27 01:11:00 | Thats probably why if the system doesnt support UEFI it cant read GPT. Can you format it in disk management? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1390959 | 2014-12-27 02:20:00 | You can try to manually assign a drive Letter, but whats written above as Speedy said may be the cause. If you want to try, do this. WARNING follow this EXACTLY as the commands ( in Bold) if done wrong could do all sorts of damage. NOTE: Leave the USB drive unplugged for the moment. This is the long way around being XP, W7 onwards is a LOT easier: Click Start, click on Run, type in CMD <Press Enter> In the Command prompt box, type in DISKPART <press enter> ( it will take a few moments to appear/change) When Diskpart displays, type List Volume <Press Enter> You'll see all the volumes on the computer. Take note of what they are. NOW plug in the USB Drive, wait a few seconds. Type in List Volume <Press Enter> Now you should see the USB Drive listed as well, take note of its Number. Type Select Volume # (# is the USB number) <Press Enter> You should get a message saying Volume selected. Type Assign Letter=<Letter you want> (give it a letter, anything like F, G, H K , L etc) <Press Enter> Example: Assign Letter=F Type Exit <press Enter> the drive should now be visible as long as its not being stopped because of what you wrote before relating to how the drives are formatted. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1390960 | 2014-12-27 02:48:00 | I have performed the required tests as per your previous and the answer is still the same. Its as if the 320Gb IDE drive plugged into my usb port does not exist. It did not appear when the <diskpart> <list volume> command was retyped the second time. Does thsi mean the drive (and possibly its mate are kaput? | spooky (4241) | ||
| 1390961 | 2014-12-27 02:53:00 | Sorry. The last line should read Does this mean the drive (and its mate) are kaput? | spooky (4241) | ||
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