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• MacBook retina cannot find the USB hard drive when it is plugged again

  Hello world

  I have a MacBook retina 2015 computers and a hard drive WD elements USB3 that I use as a Time Machine backup when they travel. The drive is plugged into the USB - C through one of the Apple dongles and when I first start the computer, the USB is mounted and that it appears on the desktop. He does everything very well.

  When I want to take the machine away, I eject it, wait for the secure message and then physically disconnect the drive. However, when I go back and reconnect the drive, the Mac did not see it. The reader will be able as the light comes on and I can hear it turn. Just, it is not mount and is completely invisible for MacOS.

  I checked all connections, even used another dongle - no luck. A disconnect does not set, and I tried to reset the NVRAM. So far, the only solution is to reboot the Mac, afterwards the player reappears - at least until I need to unplug it again.

  Anyone got any ideas what is underway and if there is a fix?

  Thank you very much

  Mike.

  Hello, Mike Richards2,.

  Thank you for using communities Support from Apple!

  This is I think understand that you are not able to see an external hard drive when it is ejected, and then reconnect the computer.  I have some suggestions that I hope will help you.

  It is important to try to isolate what is responsible for this.  The first thing to do to help isolate what is causing the problem is to start the computer in what is called Safe Mode and see if the problem persists.

  Start in safe mode:

  1. Choose the Apple menu > shut down.
  2. After your Mac stops, wait 10 seconds, then press the power button.
  3. As soon as you hear the startup tone, hold down the SHIFT key.
     You must press the SHIFT key as soon as possible once you hear the startup tone, but not before.
  4. Release the SHIFT key when you see the gray Apple logo and progress indicator.

  OS X El Capitan: start in safe mode

  Once the computer is running in safe mode, see if you can duplicate the issue.  If the problem does not appear, go ahead and try to reboot normally again.  If the problem has disappeared, it may have been caused by a problem of file or directory of cache fixed by booting in safe mode.

  If the question comes up, you'll want to check the login items.  Follow these instructions to remove the connection:

  OS X El Capitan: If you think you have incompatible connection points

  Remove the connection, restart the computer and see if the problem persists.

  Have a great day!

• After Vista update cannot find the external hard drive, AutoPlay does not work, and new unusable disk appears under my computer

  After Vista update cannot find the external hard drive, AutoPlay does not work, and new unusable disk appears under my computer. Also I can't 'manage' my computer because I do not have "permissions". I tried a fix he 45071 and it did nothing.

  Applications, (Norton and McAfee) (including free evaluation versions are notorious for not not upgrade (or uninstalling) itself.) If NIS has been installed for 3 years, you have NIS update at least once and maybe twice (e.g., NIS 2009 > NIS 2010 > NIS 2011).

  [You may want to print these instructions for reference offline. If a step said to reboot, reboot.]

  1. download the Norton Removal Tool, save it to your desktop: ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/removal_tools/Norton_Removal_Tool.exe

  2. close all open applications (that is, anything with an icon on the taskbar).

  3. After completing some you have a copy of your handy product key, uninstall all Norton software (including LiveUpdate and everything Norton Add ons) viaControl Panel | Programs | Uninstall a program (or Control Panel |) Programs and features, if you are using the classic view).

  4 IMPORTANT! -Online activate Windows Firewall immediately after the restart.

  NB: Now you're "working without a net": no to ANYTHING else online (e.g., navigation, reading e-mail, chat) until you have completed step #7 below!

  5. right click on the file that you saved in step #1 above, and then select run as administrator.  DO TAP not your keyboard until the race ends, then restart.

  6. do a clean install of NIS 2011 (using your product ID, if need be) & reboot. CF. http://www.symantec.com/norton/support/kb/web_view.jsp?wv_type=public_web&docurl=20080514162318EN

  NOTE: Do NOT activate or install additional modules of Norton (for example, Norton Anti-Phishing) immediately.

  7. manually and repeatedly run LiveUpdate (Norton) until you get a prompt "no update more".

  8. open Internet Explorer (only) to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 & run the difficulty.

  9. open Internet Explorer (only) to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058 & run that set it by DEFAULT and modes and AGGRESSIVE. [1]

  10. restart once again & test.

  NB: Installation KB971029 disables AutoRun/autoplay on USB connected but not 'brilliant media' external drives (i.e., CDs & DVDs). See http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/02/08/deeper-insight-into-the-security-advisory-967940-update.aspx

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  [1] full Disclosure: the difficulty operating in AGGRESSIVE mode will remove your update history but not list the updates installed in Add/Remove Programs (Windows XP) or installed updates.

  ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

• Cannot reconnect the external hard drive

  Cannot reconnect the external hard drive after moving the computer. I have a WD external hard drive and after moving computer cant use. It is used to mount drive f and now in the g drive. He keeps asking me to format the disk before it can be used, but cannot do so. I am desperate to back up my files but can; "t.Any help would be much appreciated

  Hello meatindustries,

  What operating system do we use?

  The answer to this question, we can pursue various troubleshooting methods.

  There are many third-party data recovery utilities available for free online.  You can search for these using your favorite search engine to find one that you like.

  Let us know the operating system you are using and we can go forward from there.

  Best regards

  Matthew_Ha

• Cannot detect the external hard drive.

  Original title: USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge, cannot access hard drive

  I have a lenovo g570, its brand new, I have because I broke my old laptop but managed to recover my hard drive from my old laptop.

  I bought all the necessary equiptment to open it, I have different devices to connect my hard drive to that allows me to connect to any laptop.
  However everytime that I plug in my new laptop I get the USB to the ata /atapi view of bridge and can't access my hard drive. its really annoying me now. Ive tried all the links and updates that have been previously mentioned on many forums and still nothing works. Ive did go into the Device Manager... still no luck. It indicates that the device is functioning properly. I don't know what to do. some help would be great.

  Hello

  1. What is the brand and model of the external hard drive?

  2. what exactly happens when you access the hard drive?

  3. you receive an error message?

  I suggest you try the steps mentioned below and check if it helps.

  Method 1: Try to connect the hard drive to a different USB port or try to connect the hard drive in another computer and check that the problem persists

  Method 2: Try to download and run the Fixit tool from the link below.

  Hardware devices do not work or are not detected in Windows:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/hardware_device_problems

  Method 3: Also check if it is detected in disk management.

  a. click Start.
  b. Type diskmgmt.msc in the search box of start and press to enter.

  c. check if the external drive is detected.

  Hope this information is useful.

• How to change the icon of the USB hard drive?

  My external USB hard drives have this icon,

  http://photoserver.WS/images/N2684b7563a181ccc.PNG

  I guess because I deleted somehow autorun.inf file. I tried to change, guide following from this link

  http://www.astahost.com/info.php/change-drive-icons-labels_t7859.html

  but failed. Make a right click on the (H) does not give me the option to change the icon. How to change? Is it possible to do so directly, by selecting another one of shell32.dll, or more must do something with the registry?

  Also failed, recommendation with file autoran.inf

  [AutoRun]
  label = hard USB
  Icon = slick_hd_green.ico

  in accordance with the instructions of the

  http://www.WikiHow.com/change-the-icon-of-removable-drives

  In meentime, I changed his computer management Label, now it is hard USB and then noted:

  http://photoserver.WS/images/eYZB4b758eb2be362.PNG

  and here is happy about its autoran subfolder

  http://photoserver.WS/images/MRmz4b758eb2c5113.PNG

  What should do?

  And another question: what is the best (small) software to create data photos icons?

  Hello

  Your ad is a bit confusing
  Which external HARD drive, you have exactly?

  I know for readers of the icon can be changed in the Windows registry but is it really so important? I doubt that

• Cannot recognize the external hard drive.

  Have an iMac with Parallels and Windows SP installed Pro computer.  Until yesterday, when we had a power outage, I had a Verbatim external disk set on the Windows side of the machine that worked very well.  I the embroidery machine and I keep my drawings on this small hard drive and access it through a software on the side of my Mac Windows.  Since the blackout, my Mac does not recognize the Verbatim.  I tried the Verbatim on another pc and it works fine.  Turned on my Mac, is gone on the side of the window, plugged in the Verbatim... little popup appears asking if I want it on the Mac or my Virtual Machine.  I loaded Virtual Machine.  When I go to my program of embroidery and search the external hard drive, he doesn't "see" it.  Then a box comes up and says "do you want it disconnected from your Mac" and it must be removed by force of the virtual machine.  NOTHING WORKS.  It worked perfectly before and I can't figure out how to get my Virtual Machine (Windows) to recognize.

  Hi gloriajstitcher,

  Check if the disk is detected by plugging it into a different port.

  I suggest you post in your query in the Parallels forums to improve the assistance:

  http://Forum.parallels.com/forumdisplay.php?f=60

  With regard to:

  Samhrutha G S - Microsoft technical support.

  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Can not see the external hard drive to my computer only in devices & Printers I tried many patches & need help please

  I do not see my external hard drive in my computer but I can't in my devices and printers.  I too see the drive in disk management.  There is a lot of data on my hard drive that I need to save. It says that I have to initialize so the computer sees the drive but it clears my data. How to recover data? The drive works and makes no noise. Help, please. I uninstalled the RPG player

  and reinstalled. I've also updated the driver and I still don't see the drive in my computer.

  Hello

  Welcome to the Microsoft community.

  I understand that you have a problem with finding printers and external hard drives in the computer. We apologize for the unhandiness caused to you and appreciate your efforts in trying to solve the problem.

  To help you better I would like to know the details.

  1. What is the brand and model of the computer?
  2. You did changes to the computer before the show?
  3. Have you tried to connect the same external hard drive on another computer?

  I ask you to run the hardware and devices Troubleshooter and check if the problem persists. It is an automated tool that checks the hardware attached to the computer for known problems and provides details on how to correct them.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-the-hardware-and-devices-Troubleshooter

  I ask you to install optional Windows, including updates updates and check if you are facing the issue.

  Reference http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_devices/how-to-install-and-update-drivers-in-windows-10/a97bbbd1-9973-4d66-9a5b-291300006293

  Keep us updated on the issue to help you better.

• Satellite A300 - cannot read the second HARD drive

  Greetings from the Spain,

  I got 1 month there is a serious problem with my laptop (which is 5 months old), associated with crcdisk.sys.

  I gave up after several hours studying, and send the computer serving techniques. (Vista was does not load and no recovery was possible)
  Technical services changed 1 hard drive and the motherboard (don't ask me why)
  This computer cams with 2 HD (these 2 devices)

  The first has a recovery partition.
  The problem now is that I see the second HD (D :) but I can't read or access it.)
  However, McAfee, it can scan and I can see the names of files (they were there before sending it to T.Service) during the scan.

  The only solution I have Toshiba is "send it back", but with the previous experience I've had with this guy, maybe now they put a new keyboard and wait another month...

  Any ideas?

  Thank you

  _Update_

  Now I can read the second disc of Internet expolrer..., i.e. D:\documents... I read a few videos, I got there and seems to work.
  However, I cannot read with ordinary windows Explorer or cannot write files from any program.

  BTW. I can access from the Explorer, but just the files, i.e. d:\documents\letters, but not to the root?

  You have installed the laptop with the recovery disk? Try this!

  What operating system do you use? If you are using Vista control this information from Toshiba:
  http://195.182.196.33/KB0/TSB7101OB0006R01.htm

• I don't see the entire hard drive under Vista. When I try to shrink a volume, I seem to lose space.

  Original title: I see all the hard drive under Vista

  I see on the C drive properties
  "space used = 143 GB ', and"
  "494GB of free space.   But, when I try to do a third partition to install windows 7, using the disk management tool, after I click on
  shrink the volume on drive c, I don't see that: ' available shrink space: 79, 917 MB ' and I also see 'total size after shrink in MB = 573891'.  I expect all the free space 494 GB available shrink.  I'm wrong.    Why all the 494GBs are not available to reduce or at least half of it, I guess that instead of only available to shrink 79Gs!
  In addition, currently, I have three partitions.  For vista, office and other programs and data, C D like Factory Image of HP, a 11.3 GB and yesterday I made a partition for windows 7 with 48.83GBs and installed windows 7 Professional there.  Then I realize, I need more space to install office and other programs and data.  This is when I tried to shrink the c drive and encountered this problem.
  Can you please help me
  Thank you

  Hello

  you do not shrink the C: drive and then expand the E: drive back in the space that you did

  You cannot extend a drive backward

  and I gave you a link to read and use on the problems of shrinkage

  If as a result of the information on how vista disk management work does not fit what you want to do, you may need to buy 3rd party partition software

• HP G71-329WM: driver Sata necessary for the installation CD of Windows to see the new hard drive

  I have my own Windows 7 disk that can be used to install a lean and clean the operating system, however, it seems that the hard drive is not recognized without a sata driver any. I had to do this once with an HP laptop so that the Windows Setup CD see the hard drive. Unfortunately, I do not see such a driver downloads available for this laptop model. Can make you a suggestion on where I can find this driver?

  Hello:

  With the material of your laptop, you should not need the driver but here is the link for those that you need...

  The first file is for 32-bit and one for 64-bit.

  https://Downloadcenter.Intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=18668&lang=eng

  To install the driver, download and uncompress the files that you need a USB FlashDrive without all records.

  With the flash player and the installation of W7 media connected to the computer, boot from the installation of W7 media.

  After selecting the install now option, select the training - Advanced menu, Options and select the option load a driver.

  You should now see the storage driver files listed.

  If you check the box, it only includes the compatible driver.

  Follow the prompts and I hope, will install W7.

• Advised that PC does not reconise the USB hard drive or extertnal

  I have a XP PC.  A year ago I was warned when I inserted a USB stick that my PC does not recognize it. a friend told me to download a new driver for it, I went to their Web page and didn't understand where I could find a driver for it. Because he didn't have a lot of information about it, let him.

  I had a hard drive from my previous PC and bought a caddy for her, to use as an external hard drive. It worked for awhile but then recently I was informed that the PC does not recognize it. I tried to get a new driver for it but I don't seem to be able to find on the web pages of manufacturers. I have also been informed that I may need to download a new driver for the Caddy if that is the problem.

  HELP:-what I look on a web page of manufacturers down load new drivers?

  Is there an easy way to do this?

  Hi Allen,.

  Follow these methods and respond with results.

• Windows 7 cannot see my external hard drive, even if I don't use it on this computer!

  I have 2 external hard drives, both worked well on Windows 7. Now, on the same computer, no change, they stopped from within the computer. Drivers fine and visible in the devices. all ideas

  Hello Gus,

  Windows 7, having trouble finding external drives is not uncommon. I use Aomei Partition Wizard to get Windows to recognize the drive; Download here: http://download.cnet.com/AOMEI-Partition-Assistant-Standard-Edition/3000-18512_4-75118871.html?tag=mncol;1 .

  Once installed simply click on the external drive, and then select Properties. Who should get the drive recognized by Windows. See if that solves the problem for you.

  Kind regards

  BearPup

• My Satellite cannot recognize the new HARD drive

  I bought a new hard drive for my laptop. After installing it, I didn't get the message none found a fixed drive. I updated the bios from the Toshiba site and the same message is still there.

  I also tried the drive in another laptop. It has been recognized correctly, so I formatted one installed Windows XP Pro top. It worked ok so I tried again in my laptop but message saying put system disk and press any key. So I put XP disc in it starts the installation starts to transfer files and doesn't give the message no hard drive found so it still does not find the hard drive.

  Please can someone help?

  Ken

  Hi Ken

  It would be nice to know the name of cell exactly.
  I guess that the BIOS does not recognize the HARD drive due to the size of the HARD drive.

  It would be very interesting to know if the HARD disk is compatible with this laptop and supported

• Equium A200-1AC - cannot remove the second HARD drive cover

  I have an Equium A200-1AC, there is also a second HARD-drive Bay, but I can't get the cover off the coast, can anyone help?

  Hello

  As far as I know, this HARD drive cover is only guaranteed with a screw and after the withdrawal of these screws, you should be able to remove the plastic cover.
  Maybe it's sticks somewhere, you can use a thin object and could leverage with caution
  But don t do something with force!