Re: Can't see USB hard drive

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/28/04


Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 06:28:59 -0400

Hi Dean,

Yes, USB drives can be finicky at times. The steps here are a place to
start:

General USB Troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310575

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Dean" <Dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:CCC1A557-115A-4A97-A453-076442A4A03B@microsoft.com...
> Today I am not able to detect or "see"  an external USB hard drive that I
> occasionally attach to my notebook.  I can't find it in my network places.
> In My Computer Magage- Device manager I show a mass storeage device in the
> USB group but not in removeable storage or Disk management.  When I remove
> the driver in the device manager USB Mass storeage device XP sees a new 
> mass
> storeage device and reinstalles the drivers.  This is saying to me that my
> system knows it's there.  Why cant I address or 'see' it.  Am running XP 
> PRO
> with SP2.
> Thanks 


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