External USB Hard Drive Sharing

[Arjang]

I have an external usb hard disk drive. And I have a desk
top and a notebook. My intention was to use this external
device as my backup hardware. I attached to the pc and
formatted the drive and it worked fine while connected to
the pc. I could even share it through my home network.
But when I plugged it into my notebook, it could not be
seen from Windows Explorer. The disk management can see
it, but it is not "initialised". If I initialise it from
the notebook, it loses the volume label and can not be
used. I have to reconfigure it. All in all I can't share
this external device between the two machine. Is this
normal or I am doing something wrong?

Regards,

Arjang

[Edward W. Thompson]

No it is not normal. I suggest you go to Device Manager on your notebook
and delete all reference to USB and reboot. The USB drivers should then
reinstall and with luck all should be well.

"Arjang" > wrote in message
...
> I have an external usb hard disk drive. And I have a desk
> top and a notebook. My intention was to use this external
> device as my backup hardware. I attached to the pc and
> formatted the drive and it worked fine while connected to
> the pc. I could even share it through my home network.
> But when I plugged it into my notebook, it could not be
> seen from Windows Explorer. The disk management can see
> it, but it is not "initialised". If I initialise it from
> the notebook, it loses the volume label and can not be
> used. I have to reconfigure it. All in all I can't share
> this external device between the two machine. Is this
> normal or I am doing something wrong?
>
> Regards,
>
> Arjang