Re: removable hard drive

hi H C White

it comes up as a REMOVABLE DISK and do's not let you do anything except
change the drive letter, so if you can help with my problem i would be
greatful paul

"R. C. White" wrote:

Hi, Hoppy.

What does Disk Management say about that drive?

Press Start, type "diskmgmt.msc", and press Enter.

Post back if you need help in figuring it out. But study the screen and the
Help file first.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
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Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

"hoppy" <hoppy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:2EA823C3-44BF-465B-8254-BC8E1D84BFE8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
hi
Please can anyone help, i brought a mass 500gb exturnal hard drive,
which
connects to my computer by usb, (i am running windows vista) it was
working
fine for a week or two then the hard drive stopped me from putting on any
files or getting any files off it, it changed from a LOCAL DISK DRIVE to a
REMOVABLE DRIVE which wont alow me to get any of my files from it or even
open the drive can anyone tell me how to change it back to a LOCAL DRIVE
many thanks Hoppy


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