Re: External HD

Did you format in NTFS or Fat32, it sounds like you have formatted it under
the FAT32 file system instead of NTFS
"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Fred Bohm wrote:
> > -- I bought an external HD on Ebay. It worked perfectly when I
> > plugged it in. When I was done playing around with it I decided to
> > format it and get rid of all the junk I had stored on it. I went to
> > my computer and did a right click on the drive and did a format. Now
> > I can not find it again. I can find it in device manager and it says
> > it is working. It does not show up in my computer anymore.
> > Originally it was drive H. I have tried to reload the drivers, but
> > nothing works.
> >
> > I am running XP pro. The drive is a Platinum 250GB 5400rpm. ATA/133
> > HDD. Other numbers on the drive are: E-H011-02-3880 3.5 series
> > ER: +5v 670ma +12v 960ma. It is in a Sapphire Octopus link USB
> > 2.0-3.5" external enclosure.
>
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
> > First off, a USB hard drive that needs drivers.. Weird.
> > Secondly - if you see it in Device Manager - have you tried just
> > giving it a driver letter there?
>
> a1hdbiker wrote:
> > I had same problem. Thank you Mr. Stanley.
> > I do have another question for you and that is
> > "Why doesn't the new drive show up in 'My Computer'"?
> > How do you get it to show up?
>
> Do you see it in Disk Management?
> Have you given it a drive letter?
>
> Although it should technically just "get one", it may not be able to for
> various reasons. One being that Windows is very particular with external
> USB devices and will sometimes not give them letters if you already have
use
> of C, D, E, F and G.. It's very random and sometimes works - but something
> just isn't right there. I have had to - in the past - change peoples CD
> drive letters to "Y" and "Z" and reboot before hooking the USB drive into
> the machine to grab "E" or "F". All this can be done in the Disk
Manager..
>
> To start Disk Management:
> 1. Log on as administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.
> 2. Click Start, click Run, type compmgmt.msc, and then click OK.
> 3. In the console tree, click Disk Management. The Disk Management window
> appears. Your disks and volumes appear in a graphical view and list view.
To
> customize how you view your disks and volumes in the upper and lower panes
> of the window, point to Top or Bottom on the View menu, and then click the
> view that you want to use.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
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>
>


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