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No driver for external usb hdd
I just purchased a new WD 160gb external hdd and xp sp2 refuses to recognize
the drive at all. It never shows up in device mgr(only a yellow question mark is shown in other devices/ext hdd), no drive letter is ever assigned, and the new hardware wizard can't find any driver for it. No drivers came with the drive since xp is SUPPOSED to have them built-in. I've got 2 usb ports and both work perfectly fine for every other device I plug in except this hdd. WD support has gone thru it with me and says its a windows problem. Someone, anyone, please help!! I have to remove all my school work from this computer(it was leased for me for retraining and I have to give it back). |
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No driver for external usb hdd
Before you can use a disk, you must first initialize it.
Hope this helps Here's the quote from help; To initialize new disks 1.. Open Computer Management (Local). 2.. In the console tree, click Disk Management. a.. Computer Management (Local) b.. Storage c.. Disk Management 3.. Right-click the disk you want to initialize, and then click Initialize Disk. 4.. In the Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to initialize. The disk is initialized as a basic disk. Notes a.. To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management. b.. You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure. c.. New disks appear as Not Initialized. Before you can use a disk, you must first initialize it. If you start Disk Management after adding a disk, the Initialize Disk Wizard appears so you can initialize the disk. "hauitsme" wrote in message ... I just purchased a new WD 160gb external hdd and xp sp2 refuses to recognize the drive at all. It never shows up in device mgr(only a yellow question mark is shown in other devices/ext hdd), no drive letter is ever assigned, and the new hardware wizard can't find any driver for it. No drivers came with the drive since xp is SUPPOSED to have them built-in. I've got 2 usb ports and both work perfectly fine for every other device I plug in except this hdd. WD support has gone thru it with me and says its a windows problem. Someone, anyone, please help!! I have to remove all my school work from this computer(it was leased for me for retraining and I have to give it back). |
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No driver for external usb hdd
"Blair" wrote: Before you can use a disk, you must first initialize it. Hope this helps Here's the quote from help; To initialize new disks 1.. Open Computer Management (Local). 2.. In the console tree, click Disk Management. a.. Computer Management (Local) b.. Storage c.. Disk Management 3.. Right-click the disk you want to initialize, and then click Initialize Disk. 4.. In the Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to initialize. The disk is initialized as a basic disk. Notes a.. To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management. b.. You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure. c.. New disks appear as Not Initialized. Before you can use a disk, you must first initialize it. If you start Disk Management after adding a disk, the Initialize Disk Wizard appears so you can initialize the disk. The disk doesn't show up there either. The task bar does show that it was plugged in/out and repeatedly brings up the 'Found New Hardware' wizard (it does show it as an external hdd) which tries to find the driver. I'm not a 'noob', but I'm not an expert in anyway either. Ever since I installed sp2 a few months ago various things have constantly plagued my system. I held off as long as I could installing it just because of all the problems I've read about other people having, but I try my best to keep my system as current as possible. Stupid me should have made a restore point beforehand, but I needed the room on my hard drive for school work so I turned it off. Is there anyway to re-install windows or just the usb driver w/o loosing all my school work? Where can I find just the usb drivers, because that's what's causing all the problems? |
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No driver for external usb hdd
How many GB's do you need to get your school work off the computer you need to return? It sounds to me that it doesn't have a big hard drive to begin with, would you be able to back up to a CD or DVD instead till you get a new computer? I know that is a dumb question, and I'm sure you thought of that, but having only 2 usb ports makes me think you've got a fairly old computer, and maybe thats why your having problems with sp2. I'm guessing. Maybe one or more of the experts on this newsgroup will be able to give you better answers. Here's hoping. Sorry I couldn't be more help. I know it's frustrating. "hauitsme" wrote in message ... "Blair" wrote: Before you can use a disk, you must first initialize it. Hope this helps Here's the quote from help; To initialize new disks 1.. Open Computer Management (Local). 2.. In the console tree, click Disk Management. a.. Computer Management (Local) b.. Storage c.. Disk Management 3.. Right-click the disk you want to initialize, and then click Initialize Disk. 4.. In the Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to initialize. The disk is initialized as a basic disk. Notes a.. To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management. b.. You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure. c.. New disks appear as Not Initialized. Before you can use a disk, you must first initialize it. If you start Disk Management after adding a disk, the Initialize Disk Wizard appears so you can initialize the disk. The disk doesn't show up there either. The task bar does show that it was plugged in/out and repeatedly brings up the 'Found New Hardware' wizard (it does show it as an external hdd) which tries to find the driver. I'm not a 'noob', but I'm not an expert in anyway either. Ever since I installed sp2 a few months ago various things have constantly plagued my system. I held off as long as I could installing it just because of all the problems I've read about other people having, but I try my best to keep my system as current as possible. Stupid me should have made a restore point beforehand, but I needed the room on my hard drive for school work so I turned it off. Is there anyway to re-install windows or just the usb driver w/o loosing all my school work? Where can I find just the usb drivers, because that's what's causing all the problems? |
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No driver for external usb hdd
"Blair" wrote: How many GB's do you need to get your school work off the computer you need to return? It sounds to me that it doesn't have a big hard drive to begin with, would you be able to back up to a CD or DVD instead till you get a new computer? I know that is a dumb question, and I'm sure you thought of that, but having only 2 usb ports makes me think you've got a fairly old computer, and maybe thats why your having problems with sp2. I'm guessing. Maybe one or more of the experts on this newsgroup will be able to give you better answers. Here's hoping. Sorry I couldn't be more help. I know it's frustrating. The system is only 2 years old ( a Gateway notebook - 1.4ghz mobile P4/512mb/30gb/32mb Radeon7500) and came with xp. It probably is SP2 that is causing all the problems. I forget now what MS made me install that req SP2, and I've regretted it since!! My cdrw/dvd makes nothing but toasters since then too. I don't know anyone in my area with a system to network with so I can transfer my files either. Damn, I miss my Amiga!! Never, ever had a problem. Since going to Windoze, nothing but!! |
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No driver for external usb hdd
Update: Trying a suggestion in another thread, I booted into safe mode and
uninstalled my USB root hubs and host controllers and had Windoze reinstall them after rebooting. It's a good thing I made a restore point beforehand this time. Windoze refused, saying my install disk (original WinXP SP1 Home OS) was too old. So now no USB ports work. Another SP2 glitch gets me again! So I used my restore point to get back to my original problem, plus now one of my thumbdrives isn't recognized but my other is. Same exact symptoms. I went to the local library and tryed both the HDD and both thumbdrives in their 'not so new' machines. Everything worked fine, so it's not the hardware. Where are the XP drivers for USB and what do I do to reinstall them? |
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