Re: External HD
- From: "johnf" <john_f@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 20:21:52 +1000
I suggest you bite your lip, rethink & answer in a polite way - unless you
are used to upper caps to vent your feelings - which is not acceptable on
NGs & stops people responding. Don't forget, this is a volantery NG.
--
johnf
> If you would have read what I wrote, I SAID THAT I BOUGHT AN EXTERNAL
> H/D AND IT IS FORMATTED WITH FAT32 AND I NEED TO REFORMAT IT WITH NTFS.
> I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO THAT.
>
> "Beach" wrote:
>
>> 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
>> news:eRbRunjnFHA.1048@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > 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
>> > --
>> > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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