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May 30th 04, 08:45 PM
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"My Computer" does not display external USB 2.0 hard drive
Under Windows XP Home Edition; after connecting an external USB 2.0 external hard drive, the drive does not appear in either “My Computer” or “Disk Management”. The drive is shown in “Device Manager” (as Mass Storage Device). Also, when I plu
g in the device I am taken though all the step to install a new hardware device. In addition, an icon in the System Tray displays that I can “Safely Remove Hardware”. I made sure that I have all the SP, updated the BIOS (I have a Dell Dimension 2350) , and downloaded and install drivers. Any suggestions? 
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May 30th 04, 09:42 PM
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"My Computer" does not display external USB 2.0 hard drive
Is your disk formatted?
"blackrobot" wrote in message ... Under Windows XP Home Edition; after connecting an external USB 2.0 external hard drive, the drive does not appear in either My Computer or Disk Management. The drive is shown in Device Manager (as Mass Storage Device). Also, when I plug in the device I am taken though all the step to install a new hardware device. In addition, an icon in the System Tray displays that I can Safely Remove Hardware. I made sure that I have all the SP, updated the BIOS (I have a Dell Dimension 2350), and downloaded and install drivers. Any suggestions?
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June 1st 04, 05:48 AM
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"My Computer" does not display external USB 2.0 hard drive
Yes, the disk is formatted. When I purchased the disk, the tech assembled, formatted and tested the HD. It displayed on his test PC (which was running Win2000).
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June 1st 04, 08:49 AM
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"My Computer" does not display external USB 2.0 hard drive
Ok, now check the power. If your drive has external power supply, connect it.
Otherwice plug the disk thru a powered hub. "Blackrobot" wrote in message ... Yes, the disk is formatted. When I purchased the disk, the tech assembled, formatted and tested the HD. It displayed on his test PC (which was running Win2000).
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June 1st 04, 10:50 PM
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"My Computer" does not display external USB 2.0 hard drive
Okay?!? I'm not sure what you mean. However, the external drive plugs directly into a power outlet. When I power the drive up, I hear the cylinders spinning and the power light comes on.
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June 24th 04, 12:43 PM
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USB 2.0 hard drive
is it SP1 installed ?
-- Bienvenidos al sitio de MVP de Microsoft http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Recuerda: Una Consulta, Un Foro: news:microsoft.public.es.outlookexpress news:microsoft.public.es.windowsxp news:microsoft.public.es.windowsxp.aplicaciones news:microsoft.public.es.windowsxp.hardware news:microsoft.public.es.windowsxp.instalacion news:microsoft.public.es.windowsxp.seguridad Este mensaje se proporciona "como est" sin garantas de ninguna clase, y no otorga ningn derecho. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. You assume all risk for your use. XP Pro-2600-limpia+SP1 por favor respuestas al grupo; asi nos beneficiamos todos no se responde personalmente saludos Antonio ms mvp windowsxp shell user "Anders" wrote in message ... I have just bought a Lacie 160GB external USB hard drive. First time I connected it, XP managed to recognize it, but then I formatted the hard drive to NTFS and then XP doesn't recognize it. I tried to install a USB 2.0 driver afterwards and reboot, but still nothing happens - I simply can see the hard drive in computer management. What can the reason be? /Anders
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January 9th 05, 04:24 AM
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"My Computer" does not display external USB 2.0 hard drive
I have the exact same problem, except my hard drive shows up in computer management, however, I can't assign a drive letter. Can anyone help?? http://img31.exs.cx/img31/22/hdd7hs.jpg A picture for refernce to what I mean... -- Epyon2050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Epyon2050's Profile: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/...tml?userid=689 View this thread: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/....phtml?t=14129
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January 9th 05, 12:07 PM
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"My Computer" does not display external USB 2.0 hard drive
Firstly you need to initialize new disks and then format them. Using Disk Management system utility [for managing hard disks and the partitions or volumes that they contain] you can create volumes, and format volumes with the FAT, FAT32, or NTFS file systems. Disk Management enables you to perform most disk-related tasks without shutting down your computer; most configuration changes take effect immediately. "Epyon2050" wrote: I have the exact same problem, except my hard drive shows up in computer management, however, I can't assign a drive letter. Can anyone help?? http://img31.exs.cx/img31/22/hdd7hs.jpg A picture for refernce to what I mean... -- Epyon2050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Epyon2050's Profile: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/...tml?userid=689 View this thread: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/....phtml?t=14129
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January 9th 05, 05:26 PM
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"My Computer" does not display external USB 2.0 hard drive
I've formatted it before. For some reason, this time when I booted my computer the drive letter is unassigned and my drive did not show up in My Computer. I formatted it and assigned it to drive R:. The picture shows that I've already used about 30 GB of that HDD already. -- Epyon2050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Epyon2050's Profile: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/...tml?userid=689 View this thread: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/....phtml?t=14129
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January 10th 05, 08:53 PM
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"My Computer" does not display external USB 2.0 hard drive
Do you have Tweakui installed. If so you may have to go to the
drives section of Tweakui and place a check mark in the drive designation for your external drive. -- LEO A word of advice . . . don't give it. "Epyon2050" wrote in message ... I have the exact same problem, except my hard drive shows up in computer management, however, I can't assign a drive letter. Can anyone help?? http://img31.exs.cx/img31/22/hdd7hs.jpg A picture for refernce to what I mean... -- Epyon2050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Epyon2050's Profile: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/...tml?userid=689 View this thread: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/....phtml?t=14129
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January 10th 05, 11:25 PM
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"My Computer" does not display external USB 2.0 hard drive
All of the drives are checked in Tweakui... but my removable drive isn't on any of those letters... -- Epyon2050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Epyon2050's Profile: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/...tml?userid=689 View this thread: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/....phtml?t=14129
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#12
January 11th 05, 11:47 PM
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"My Computer" does not display external USB 2.0 hard drive
I found the problem! There's something wrong with my partician table! How can I fix it so that it will boot again? -- Epyon2050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Epyon2050's Profile: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/...tml?userid=689 View this thread: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/....phtml?t=14129
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January 12th 05, 08:01 PM
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"My Computer" does not display external USB 2.0 hard drive
What is the drive letter?
-- LEO A word of advice . . . don't give it. "Epyon2050" wrote in message ... All of the drives are checked in Tweakui... but my removable drive isn't on any of those letters... -- Epyon2050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Epyon2050's Profile: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/...tml?userid=689 View this thread: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/....phtml?t=14129
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January 12th 05, 08:04 PM
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"My Computer" does not display external USB 2.0 hard drive
I've seen this when the USB port does not support the required
voltages/currents needed for high-powered devices. Mice and keyboards (and other low-current hardware devices) seem to work, but the high-current drives don't. Try one of the USB ports that's driven from a powered USB hub (hopefully 2.0) or the motherboard directly. -- ____________________________________ William (Bill) Vaughn Author, Mentor, Consultant Microsoft MVP www.betav.com Please reply only to the newsgroup so that others can benefit. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. __________________________________ "Leo" wrote in message ... What is the drive letter? -- LEO A word of advice . . . don't give it. "Epyon2050" wrote in message ... All of the drives are checked in Tweakui... but my removable drive isn't on any of those letters... -- Epyon2050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Epyon2050's Profile: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/...tml?userid=689 View this thread: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/....phtml?t=14129
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