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16th Mar 2009, 13:14
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Im using a portable HD and when i plug it in via USB, the computer instantly recognizes it. When i go to device mgr, it says that all the drives are working properly, inlcuding the portable one. But when i go to access it, I cant find the damn thing. I click on my computer & all I see is the C drive. The same thing happened on my old computer. I had another drive that would take forever to show up. It would be instantly recognized, but it would pop up intermittingly under "my computer".
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16th Mar 2009, 13:46
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Probably needs to be assigned a drive letter in Disc Manager.
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16th Mar 2009, 13:55
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You also might also have, however a suspect bad hard drive
go to your hard drive manufacturers website and download their diagnostic utility (free) and run the drive test program on it
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16th Mar 2009, 14:10
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Shouldnt be anything wrong with it. Ive been using it as a 2nd HD for the past few years on my old computer. I just took it out today and threw it in a case and hooked it up. It shouldnt need assigning. Its no different than a thumb drive. You stick a thumb drive in and it pops up almost instantly with whatever drive letter the computer asigns it. My old computer did the same thing with a HD. Just took a few tries. Thats what Im wondering. Why is it taking a few tries, despite instantly seeing and stating that the drive is functioning fine?
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16th Mar 2009, 15:33
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Does it show up in Disk Management ?
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16th Mar 2009, 20:53
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It shows up there as a dynamic drive with no space on it. Yet in the CP it shows up as a mass storage device that is working correctly. The drive is spinning and operating normally. When I go into DM, I try to assign it a letter, but theres no option to do so. I would just throw it into my new build, but its an older drive without the same hookups. So I have to use a case and USB to interface it with the new computer.
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17th Mar 2009, 05:10
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Have you got data on the drive that you dont want to lose ? ..... as it sounds as thought the drive may need partitioning & formatting, or has become faulty.
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17th Mar 2009, 05:40
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Does your drive need jumpering as Master by any chance? Some enclosures can be fussy.
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17th Mar 2009, 21:06
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Mike, that may be the case. i'm not too computer savy, could you tell me exactly what I need to do. And yes, it's my backup drive from my last computer. it has a ton of stuff on it. i built my new computer this past weekend and pulled this drive from my old computer so i could transfer everything on it to my new HD. Its been working fine for the past few years and when i hook it back to my old computer it works fine. So I know the drive is working.
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17th Mar 2009, 21:24
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OK, I finally got it to work. Thanx for yalls help. I didnt know what to do till I put everything together that yall suggested. I had to go into DM and activate the drive. it took some fiddling around till i figured it out. I never had to do this with my old computer. i would just recognize it and I would see it in my computer as an additional drive. Well, not his specific one, but another portable drive i had. thanx again.
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