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Old 28-01-2008, 02:22 AM
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My mate gave me a external harddrive with like 30 gb worth of songs and some family guy episodee. i plugged it all in via usb but my comp isnt finding it
i did that installing of new harddrive but when it searches for it, it never finds it
what can i do?
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Old 28-01-2008, 05:45 AM
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Name of the drive and I'll find drivers for it.
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Err, that's the manufacturer. Need the model name.
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Old 28-01-2008, 09:19 AM
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hey i dont know how to pm or anything
do you have msn? give us an add if you can
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if you cant, then um lol i dont know the model number cause its a mates hd
i just borrowed it for its contents
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Should be on the outside of the drive? If you have a camera you could take a picture of it and I could look it up.

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Old 28-01-2008, 10:30 AM
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Default My Pc doesnt recognise external Harddrive
oh my god
haha i just read about the net about my problem and i found a solution
I actually made it work and its so simple
i just unplugged it for half hour and then plugged it in the back port
and bam
works
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