Re: New USB HD recognised but no drive letter

From: LVTravel (none_at_nothere.com)
Date: 09/12/04 

Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:47:52 -0400

Actually Nathan, I did read the OP (both sections). If the computer states
that the drive is ready because the OP wrote "The final tray-bubble is Your
New Hardware is Installed and Ready To Use."

And the OP asks "How can I actually get to this drive - is there a manual
config I can do to assign a drive letter?" This would represent to me that
the drive is not showing up in the upper portion of the Disk Manager (or
Windows Explorer) but may be showing in the bottom portion of it. You can
check this out with a CD drive or a card reader. If there is a CD in the
drive, the drive letter shows in the upper portion (Volume, Layout, Type etc
across the top of the window.) If there is no card in the slot of a card
reader or a CD in the CD drive there is no drive letter assigned in the top
window but the device does show in the bottom portion as a Disk X (where X
would be a sequential number) with normally a drive letter assigned there.
If the drive had not been partitioned and formatted no drive letter will be
assigned there either. I had hoped that the OP would scroll down the list
in the bottom portion to see if any drive shows that was not partitioned or
assigned a drive letter.

"Nathan McNulty" <nospam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:ulu0OpJmEHA.2820@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Guess you didn't read his post. It says the disk doesn't show up in
> Disk Management.
>
> Anyways, the best way to find out is to test the drive in a different
> computer and see if that one has the same problems. If the drive works
> in the other computer, the problem lies with your computer. If the
> drive doesn't work with the other computer, the problem may lie with the
> drive or both computers :)
>
> ----
> Nathan McNulty
>
> LVTravel wrote:
> > Has the drive been partitioned and formatted? If not there will be no
drive
> > letter assigned.
> >
> > Have you attempted to assign a drive letter to it in Disk Manager?
> >
> > What does Disk Manager state is the status of the disk? If it does not
> > specify that the drive has a file system of FAT or NTFS and does not
show as
> > healthy, it is not formatted or partitioned.
> >
> >
> > "Chuck Elsham" <google.20.saxobob@spamgourmet.com> wrote in message
> > news:89s6k09qgp32u5ajlh812vv5jm70f3k98d@4ax.com...
> >
> >>I forgot to mention, the disk is shown in Device Manager but not in
> >>Disk Management in the MMC. Would this be the outcome if the disk
> >>is ruined (it spins up OK, at least audibly)
> >>
> >>I'm using a laptop so trying it internally is not an option.
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>Rob
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >

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