On 10/10/2015 08:43 AM, Farmer wrote:
On 10/9/2015 10:10 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:18:29 -0400, Farmer wrote:

I have two usb 3.0 storage drives one is a 2 tb and the other is a 500
gb drive a couple of days ago the 500 gb stopped showing up I have
looked in places in that my limited computer knowledge places on the
laptop. The drive is just not seen anywhere. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks Farmer

Download a copy of "Drive Cleanup v 1.1.0" by Uwe Sieber, from his
website:

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/drivetools_e.html

You must run this from a command prompt with administrative
privileges. Read the instructions!

It will remove all orphaned USB drives and will most likely enable
your machine to recognize the problematic
drives. Reboot the machine after running this utility.

If you have questions, feel free to ask.


Thanks to all who posted about my missing drive but nothing seem to work
I guess the drive is bad I will contact
and return it both drives were purchased from Dell. Thanks again
Farmer




If there were data on the drive you need, Dell will not retrieve it for
you and it will be lost...

If that's the case I'd install it internally on your computer...there is
perhaps a 50% chance the drive itself is good...it could just as well be
the electronics or the power brick


OTOH: If there is no data on it you need and it's still under
warranty...then yes...return it. If you open the drive the warranty
would be void.