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• Cannot open the USB external hard drive

  Original title: Hard drive

  I can't open the disk external hard usb and the device can see the list of devices and printer as 'USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge '.

  Hello

  1. What is the exactly say by "device can see the list of devices and printer as"USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge""?
  2. do you receive any error messages?
  3. did you of recent changes on the computer before this problem?
  4. were you able to open and use the external hard drive USB before?
  5. try to connect the external hard drive to a different USB port and check.
  6. are you able to access other USB devices with success?
  Method 1:
  I suggest you to run the fixit available at the following link.

  Hardware devices do not work or are not detected in Windows
  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/en-us

   
  Method 2:
  If the problem persists, try to uninstall and reinstall the USB controllers and check.
   

  (a) click Start, type Device Manager in the start search box and press enter.

  Bus USB controllers b) Expand .

  Note You need to scroll the list to find this point.

  (c) right-click the first USB controller under Bus USB controllers and then click Uninstall to remove it.

  step d) precedes the repeat for each USB controller is listed under Bus USB controllers.

  (e) restart the computer. After the computer starts, Windows will automatically check for changes on the hardware and reinstall all USB controllers that you uninstalled.

  (f) check the USB device to see if it works.

  You can check the link for more information:

  Updated a hardware driver that is not working properly
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly

  Method 3:
  If the problem is not resolved, you can try to connect the hard drive to another computer and check.
   
  Let us know if it helps.

• Need to receive a disk for the USB external hard drive

  I made a disk image of my C drive on a Windows 7 computer.  I restored this image on a larger drive that I installed in the place and place the image drive.  I installed the image drive (old c) in a usb enclosure and connected to the computer.  It does not appear in the disk as a letter volume manager.  It appears however as disc 3.  When I run DiskPart and check the id, it has the same id as the new C: drive but I can't change it.  Any suggestions on my situation would be appreciated.

  Original title: problem with USB

  Hi Gordon,.

  This problem occurs when the drive letter is not assigned to the player. Windows typically assigns a letter of the alphabet to most readers. We will try to assign the letter drive manually. You can assign any letter to a drive too long that the letter is not already used by another reader.

  I suggest you to assign the drive letter to the USB drive and check if it helps.

  Check out the link:

  Change, add, or remove a drive letter
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows7/change-add-or-remove-a-drive-letter

  Hope this information helps. Answer the post with an up-to-date issue report to help you further.

• 250 GB USB external hard drive is compatible with Mac OS x on an iBook G4?

  Hello

  I just bought a Toshiba 250 GB Usb external hard drive because the seller advised me telling me that it works in my iBook G4 Mac OSX computer.

  I made it and I see it on my desktop with a folder called System Volume Information and 2.32 GB available.

  I tried to copy a file and I got a message saying that the disk is not editable.

  Where can I find the instructions to initialize if it's compatible?

  Thanks in advance,

  Joan

  Post edited by: jinglada

  Post edited by: jinglada

  Hello

  I'm not sure on this subject, but maybe you have to format it.
  Are there issues listed in the Device Manager?

  Good bye

• Satellite 1800-712 does not recognize my USB external HARD drive

  Hello

  I would really appreciate the help. I own a satellite 1800-712. I have receently bought a usb external hard drive for some extra memory (IE Toshiba MK4026GAX USB Device)

  When I connect it to my usb port it records any with the computer. The green light so there is power to the hard drive. The usb ports recognized of other fine features (a modem and memory stick)

  I tried the external hard drive on a desktop pc and it works fine.

  I have downloaded all windows xp service pack updates and updated my bios. Don't know what to do now.

  Please help and thank you in advance!

  Hello

  Although sometimes, I know that the OS is not able to recognize the external USB device, because the device external USB (HDD) consumes more energy than the 500mA.
  The USB ports provide 500mA power and if the device needs more power so it s is not possible for the Windows operating system to recognize the external device.
  You have an external power supply for the USB HDD? You should use it.

  Good bye

• Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex USB external hard drive problem

  I have a Seagate USB external hard drive. It is loaded with all my pictures and music. I can not open. I did in the past without problem.  It is a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex. It says that I have the drivers updated. I've started and restarted. uninstalled and installed etc. It's also almost if there is nothing on the disc. When I plug it into the USB port it will not appear in the my computer tab, however, it shows in the toolbar at the bottom as installed but with nothing on it. When I run the troubleshooter, it says that the problem can not be detected, but it also says that the device is functioning properly. I do not know because I can not the specifics to fill. Y at - it somewhere that I can take this drive to see if someone can see if my files are always about this and that so they can transfer to another drive? Help, please!

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  Hi Philippe,.

  Welcome to the Microsoft Community and thank you for the post about it

  It seems that when you connect an external hard drive Seagate USB to your computer, there is no indication in the drive. I appreciate the action that you tried to solve the problem.

  I would like to know the following information.

  (1) what version of Windows is currently installed on your computer?
  (2) have you tried to connect the hard drive to other USB ports?
  (3) you are able to use other USB devices?

  I suggest you to connect the hard drive to another computer and check.

  Your answers are important to us, please write to us with the requested information so that we can help more.

• Computer laptop (Vista) does not take account any new working USB external hard drive

  Hello, I'm under the latest version of Windows Vista Edition Home Premium on a Dell XPS M1210 and spin in the problems with the connection of my second USB external hard drive. In other words, when I plug the drive (a Seagate expansion 1 TB), nothing happens. Literally nothing, no notification of installation of the driver, no sound is played stating that the system recognized the device, no new entry in post working or disk management. I connected this drive on another computer running Windows 7 and it worked without a problem, so I do not suspect the problem to lie in the hard drive, but with my computer. My other external hard drive USB, a Maxtor Basics Portable 250 GB, works perfectly, but there more than two years. I bought the 1 TB Seagate as a backup and an upgrade, but I plan to go back now that there is nothing more than a big black Clipboard with a green LED clear too much room. What can I do about it?

  Hello
   
  Most likely, there is not enough power for the USB port of your machine to the external device do recognize. As a test I would have you test the issue on another USB plug.
   
  I recommend you contact you either OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) or the manufacturer of the motherboard if it is a machine of casting House and get the latest chipset drivers for your motherboard.
   
  Updated a hardware driver that is not working properly
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly
   
  Aziz Nadeem - Microsoft technical support.

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• Response speed - USB external hard drive

  Hello

  I have W7 Professional (32 bit) installed on an Acer Ferrari 5000 with 4 GB of RAM. I have a 1 TB WD My Book USB external hard drive connected via USB.

  When I access the drive to play an Explorer of W7 film shows my folder & first screen load files instantly, but then the green progress under the full path bar direcory slowly starts to move across the screen and may take up to 3 minutes to stop. Durning his time my pc performace Marc everything stop. The video load but Windows Media Watch does not respond and the hourglass (or a circle in W7) shows the application as it is busy. Finally, video begins to play but jumps several images at once, even if the sound is fine. After about a minute the video started playing at double speed, befire the entire process repeats itself until it catches up with the sound and the video will play very well for about 10 minutes.

  Videos are not damaged (I can play my portable hard drive very well), the device signals healthy in the WD diagnostic tool and the firmare for the device is up to date (on the WD site).

  I see a lot of people in this forum have problems with W7 64 bit, but there is no mention of 32-bit issues. Also there never was problems with the device was detected or is not accessible - gal just access the device. My only job is about from the drive to copy the movie on my laptop and play it from there - which kind of defeated the purpose.

  I left a similar post on the WD website, which so far had no response. Is it a question of W7/USB? Any other ideas would be useful.

  Hello

  I have W7 Professional (32 bit) installed on an Acer Ferrari 5000 with 4 GB of RAM. I have a 1 TB WD My Book USB external hard drive connected via USB.

  When I access the drive to play an Explorer of W7 film shows my folder & first screen load files instantly, but then the green progress under the full path bar direcory slowly starts to move across the screen and may take up to 3 minutes to stop. Durning his time my pc performace Marc everything stop. The video load but Windows Media Watch does not respond and the hourglass (or a circle in W7) shows the application as it is busy. Finally, video begins to play but jumps several images at once, even if the sound is fine. After about a minute the video started playing at double speed, befire the entire process repeats itself until it catches up with the sound and the video will play very well for about 10 minutes.

  Videos are not damaged (I can play my portable hard drive very well), the device signals healthy in the WD diagnostic tool and the firmare for the device is up to date (on the WD site).

  I see a lot of people in this forum have problems with W7 64 bit, but there is no mention of 32-bit issues. Also there never was problems with the device was detected or is not accessible - gal just access the device. My only job is about from the drive to copy the movie on my laptop and play it from there - which kind of defeated the purpose.

  I left a similar post on the WD website, which so far had no response. Is it a question of W7/USB? Any other ideas would be useful.

  Speed on USB hard drives is relatively slow at first. You are looking at maximum read anywhere between 25 and 32MBs speed if the CPU is not do much else at the time. Supported playback mode tend to transfer bog down over time, as the fragmentation of the file. USB is convenient but firewire and eSATA are faster and faster.

• The mac USB external hard drive is compatible?

  is mac drive external hard usb compatible, if yes, how can I reformat it to make it work.

  Hello

  Well, you can use the disk external HARD on MAC, but MAC OS can read the NTFS, format etc.
  If you want to read and write on this HARD drive you must format format HFS or HFS + MAC compatible.
  But on this path you will erase all the files.

  In this case I recommend you copy all the files from the disk on Mac. Then format the HARD drive external and finally backup Mac files on the external HARD disk

• Cannot access 250 GB Toshiba USB external hard drive

  Hello

  I'm unable to access my 250 GB USB hard drive. It gives an error that it detects hardware & gives a pop for Cypress AT2LP RC58 driver & research updates on internet & then error is "cannot install the hardware, the hardware was not installed because the wizard did not find the necessary software."

  Any help will be much appreciated.
  Please let me know for any info.
  Thank you very much!!!
  Concerning
  Harish S

  Hello

  Seems that the external HARD disk drive cannot be recognized because of the driver problem.
  What you could do to disconnect the USB of ALL devices and open Device Manager.
  Then choose the display command, show hidden devices and uninstall all devices under USB controllers. Reboot the laptop.
  After restarting again the operating system must install USB drivers again and you could test whether the external HARD drive can be connected as well.

  I have goggled a bit and found a few interesting statement abut Cypress AT2LP RC58. It seems that the HARD drive is ok but sometimes the HARD drive cover and the interface connector would be malfunctions and so this problem would happen.

  But these are only suggestions if you want to try for Cypress AT2LP RC58 goggle and see for yourself.

  Best regards

• Windows 8 and USB external hard drives

  I want a new dv7 with Windows 8 and an Iomega Prestige 1 TB external hard drive I use successfully on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 systems. It behaves erratically in Windows 8. Sometimes it is not recognized at all. Sometimes it is, but trying to access it via Explorer, Windows crashes requiring a diet forced down. Other times, you can access it with success and even copy a file to it with Solution Explorer, but if you try to copy multiple files with the same drag and drop, it displays the calculation time to copy file window, but the calculation done so forever, just stays there. Also, when you try an Xcopy in the prompt with mutiple files and / or files, copy the first file he is suspended from the command window. The system has a newly updated BIOS and all installed Windows updates. Ideas?

  Tried moving the Iomega for a USB 3.0 drive (the drive is 3.0 and 2.0 compatible) 2.0 in Windows 8 port and it now works fine. No idea whether the problem with USB 3.0 with Windows 8, HP or Iomega.

• Satellite L300-110 USB external hard drive is no longer detected

  I used my external hard drive via a USB connection for a while normally, I wanted to remove most of his files and only keep my important files. After I restarted my laptop it now is no longer detected

  My external hard drive model is HTS54101 0G9SA00
  Connected via a storage drive HARD Portable USB 2.0 Phillips

  The USB ports are ok, I plugged a USB optical mouse through them and it works, and sometimes the LED on the Phillips turns red with still no detection of my laptop.

  Please advise, I lost my mobile hard disk of 100 gega?

  Sounds like the hard drive has failed.

  The only thing I can think that you can try is to update your Chipset drivers. I don't know if this will fix the problem even if, as you have pointed out that the machine can detect other USB devices already.

• HP Pavilion 15 laptop: Need help, PC laptop HP Pavilion 15 could not boot from USB external hard drive.

  My desktop HP Pavilion P7-1074 4.5 years computer dropped last week. Planed to get a replacement on Black Friday or the day after Christmas. But I have to run some programs inside hard drve to the desktop computer. So I have attatched hard disk dive from my desktop to my laptop HP Pavilion 15 USB port with an enclosure.

  The laptop would recognize the external hard drive as a SYSTEM (F 62.2 MB of free space of 97.9 MB, OS (GTB-free 1.11 of 1.35 TB and HP_RECOVERY (H 1.33 GB free of 11.0 GB.))) But I couldn't find the program I want to run.

  I went into the BIOS to set the boot order to boot from USB first, but I could not get the result I expected. The laptop still start on its own hard drive. I tried all three USB ports, no one works.

  Could someone help me please?

  Thank you very much!

  Hi @db69613,

  Welcome to the HP forums! It's a great way to engage, ask questions and find resolutions by working with specialists from the community of HP. I understand that you need assistance with your desktop computer HARD drive that is connected to your laptop via the USB port. I'll be happy to help you with this.

  I'm just surprised at the levels of technical knowledge and technical skills that your possession. Hats off to you for this. It was very clever of you! It has been a privilege to have shared this platform with you and work with you.

  First of all, programs of a different version or windows session will not work on another computer as it was installed on the computer of origin at this time. It is an installation and application software, to the difference of the data or information that is accessible by any computer when the hard drive is connected. It is because no software installation binds the application of this specific operating system installed on this specific to the time machine.

  If the computer does not and the hard drive is accessible, all the content (such as music, photos, videos, and other information are accessible), but the programs have been installed originally are not available and will not work on any other computer when it is connected to the outside.

  However, if the hard drive works fine, windows is correctly installed, then the same hard disk can be installed on another PC of office and some of the programs should work ideally.

  I hope this helps! Please let me know how it goes. I really hope that the issue is fixed without hassle.

  To simply say thank you, please click the "Thumbs Up" button for appreciate my efforts. If it helps, please mark this as "'Solution Accepted". " If you need more assistance let me know and I will gladly do whatever I can to help.

  Please take care now and have a wonderful week ahead.

• 5OO GIG undetected USB external HARD drive

  Original title: 5OO GIG EXTERNAL HARD drive USB device

  System is unable to load the external hard drive.  The hard drive lights to indicate power, but the system does not show the joining, so I can't load anything on it.  Any ideas?

  Hello

  -The problem occurs on all USB devices and ports?
  -Don't you make changes to your computer, after which the issue started?
  -What operating system is installed on your computer?

  I recommend you follow the steps in these links that talk of a similar question.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-hardware/USB-hubs-not-recognized-in-Windows-7/2147865a-6e2f-46a0-b996-2999aabe9ab6
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-hardware/external-drive-is-not-recognized-in-Windows-7/3461b4fd-8e6b-44b2-8c73-aba682a4275e

• Unable to connect the WD external hard drive

  Original title: external drive wd drive 1 TB.

  I have a problem getting my computer to accept my drive external wd on d ' training. I have a basic dell computer vista laptop.

  They have been connected for more than a year. No problems with the previous backups. The last time I used my computer for offline family history, he was running slow and not answered, then it crashed. Can only access the files already on the c drive. During an attempt to access previous back ups, model said unidentified ports connection. All I can think to try... Tried to connect to another computer in the library. Not showing no sign that it is connected. How can I get the previous files and back ups, or has permanently hard-drive?

  I hope that I haven't lost 4 years of work?

  I am not connected to the internet at home and only go on the net to my library

  Hi John,

  Thanks for the post. I understand that you are unable to connect the WD external drive.

  I imagine the inconvenience that you are experiencing. I will definitely help you with this.

  To help you suggest several steps to solve the problem, I would appreciate it if you could answer the following questions:

  1. you receive an error code or message?

  2. have you made any recent hardware or exchange of software on your computer before the show?

  3 have you tried to connect the external hard drive on another USB port?

  Please follow the methods and mark the question below:

  Method 1:

  I suggest you to run the Microsoft Fix It from the link below.

  Hardware devices do not work or are not detected in Windows:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/en-us

  Method 2:

  Uninstall and reinstall the USB drivers.

  You can check after uninstalling and reinstalling USB drivers if you are able to connect. You can disconnect all USB devices and then perform the following steps:

  a. Click Start and then click Control Panel.

  b. click System and Maintenance, click System and then click on Device Manager.

  Note: If the control panel is in Classic view, double-click System, and then click Device Manager.

  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click on allow.

  c. in the Device Manager, double-click to expand the "USB Bus controllers", right click on the controller host, click "Uninstall" and click "OK".

  Check that if at all, there is an exclamation point on the pilot, it suggests problems with the installed driver.

  d. Repeat step 2 to uninstall all items under 'USB Bus controllers'.

  Then, restart your computer and Windows will automatically reinstall all USB controllers.

  Note: Connect USB devices to the computer once the drivers of conflict are uninstalled, and once the computer is restarted.

  If you are still having the same problem then you can check the device USB drivers updated using windows update.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly

  Method 3:

  WD external drive is not recognized or detected in Windows XP after installation and use

  http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/A_ID/1695/p/228/session/L3RpbWUvMTM1MDQzMTYwNy9zaWQvQ0NTdVFVOGw%3D

  Your response is very important for us to ensure a proper resolution. Please get back to us with the information above to help you accordingly.