Re: External hard drive
- From: "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:46:50 -0500
Maybe you have damaged the driver for the USB port, use
device manager to remove the port and reboot to reload the
drivers and clear the prior memory assignment to that port.
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"KCC" <KCC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| At this point I formatted the new 160 gig drive on another
computer using
| partition magic 8 I formatted it NTFS. It still does not
show up in disk
| management. I also tried the drive with a different
external case but still
| the same problem
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote:
|
| > You should have used the safely remove hardware (USB) so
| > that the drive would be closed properly.
| > The new drive must be formatted and assigned a drive
letter
| > using disk management.
| > You should be able to recover the data on the old 200 GB
| > drive, but suggest that you contact DriverSavers website
for
| > advice if the data is vital. They have free FAQ and can
| > advise before you do something and really mess up the
data
| > while trying to recover the directory structure. Was
the
| > drive FAT or NTFS?
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| > some support
| > http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > "KCC" <KCC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| >
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| > |I had a 200 gig external hard drive and used it as a
backup
| > for both of my
| > | systems (Xp home W/sp2 and XP pro W/sp2) for about one
| > year. Just recently
| > | the hard drive started to make some weird noise, after
| > hearing it for a
| > | little bit I unplugged it from the USB port and turned
off
| > the power. After
| > | letting it come to a stop I turned it back on and
found
| > out it would not show
| > | up in explorer I also checked computer management
under
| > administrative tools
| > | and the drive did not show up there either. I assumed
the
| > drive may have been
| > | damaged so I replaced the drive in the external case
with
| > a new 160 gig drive
| > | already formatted. Now when I plug the drive into the
USB
| > port is says that
| > | it found a new mass storage device but it still does
not
| > show up anywhere. It
| > | also does the same thing on both computers. I even
| > uninstalled all of the USB
| > | devices under the device manager. After rebooting
still
| > the same. I am lost
| > | any help would be great.
| > | Thanks Kirk
| >
| >
| >
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