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Toshiba External HD not recognised
Name: cephas29 Date: January 5, 2009 at 07:41:02 Pacific OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition CPU/Ram: 2.533 GHz / 502 MB Product: Emachines D845gvsr Subcategory: Hardware Problems
Comment:
Hi, How do I get my XP sp3 system to recognise a new external drive? On the same USB lead my old external drive works perfectly!
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: January 5, 2009 at 07:52:24 Pacific
Reply:
Does it see the new hardware device and is just not assigning a drive letter? Does Disk Management see the drive?
"So won’t you give this man his wings What a shame To have to beg you to see We’re not all the same What a shame" - Shinedown
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Response Number 2
Name: cephas29 Date: January 5, 2009 at 08:06:33 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, It does not appear to find the new hardware and does not give an audible bleep as my old disc does with a ballon saying new hardware found and ready for use.
Not sure what you mean by disk management,could you please clarify?
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Response Number 3
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: January 5, 2009 at 12:45:03 Pacific
Reply:
Check the jumpers on drive.
Disk Management: Right-Click My Computer, Manage, under Storage, Disk Management
"So won’t you give this man his wings What a shame To have to beg you to see We’re not all the same What a shame" - Shinedown
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Response Number 4
Name: OtheHill Date: January 5, 2009 at 13:31:47 Pacific
Reply:
Is the drive inside an External enclosure? 2.5" or 3'5" drive? Old drive you mentioned 2.5" or 3'5"?
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Response Number 5
Name: cephas29 Date: January 6, 2009 at 11:23:20 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
New unit is a neighbour's and he has taken it home so can't check disk management. other disks are shown. New disk is 2.5" I think. Palm size with 500Gb storage. My old unit salvaged from an old computer is 3.5" and has storage of only 20GB?
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Response Number 6
Name: OtheHill Date: January 6, 2009 at 12:20:38 Pacific
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