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• Disassembly of an external hard drive

  Hi, I have an external hard drive (Toshiba PX1220E - 1 25, 250 GB, 3.5 ", UTES & OPTION_ID = 111482 http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/jsp/individualOptions.do?service=EU&ACTION=SHOW_ATTRIB & tab = 1) who died after the expiration of the warranty.

  The case is actually a model of Micro lasted for 501-B101 (or maybe B112) HDD enclosure (http://www.duramicro.com/501.html).

  I would like to remove the HARD drive and hope to recover my data.

  Does anyone know how to disassemble without damaging the HARD drive and the House? I can't find any guide disassembly on the net, and it does not move even after the deletion of each visible screws.

  Any help is appreciated.

  Kind regards

  Eldar

  Hi eldar40k,

  To be honest, I've never disassembled an external HARD disk and there is no disassembly guides as far as I know.
  You should remove all screws and then you can remove the external HARD disk enclosure.

  But until you make a mistake, ask a maintainer approved assistance. Maybe they can help you.

  I m wondering that you need the data on it. What is your backup? Do you have a?

• How to use on another mac iTunes library stored on external hard drive - on cable network

  I recently bought a new iMac. I used a time machine to the top to move all files my new computer. I still want to use my old iMac as a media server for my network. The main iTunes library is located on an external hard drive connected to my old iMac.  I don't want to move all these files to my new iMac media because they are large enough.

  I sync all my families phones/ipads on this new iMac and of course difficulties with finding them their music/songs etc. When I contacted apple support, they had me move my iTunes library to my new iMac. Now phones are able to properly synchronize and pull up all of their media. However I just duplicated 200 GB of media files. I was able to access the external hard drive to move the media. Is there a way to have my new iMac external hard accessing multimedia disc in iTunes for play and synchronize multimedia files without storing this library on my new computer?

  Why not simply unplug the external hard drive and move it? And I don't think so. You can use home sharing to access the library and the Wi - Fi sync iTunes by following the instructions in the link.

  Share your iTunes library on your home network - Apple Support

  Synchronize your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with iTunes - Apple Support

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• Elgato EyeTV - I copied my recordings on another external hard drive, assigned to this disk as the location of the Archive, restarted the computer, but the location of unpublished/are not recognized. (End of 2006 Intel iMac / OSX 10.7.5 Lion)

  Elgato EyeTV - I copied my recordings on another external hard drive, assigned to this disk as the location of the Archive, restarted the computer, but the location of unpublished/are not recognized. (End of 2006 Intel iMac / OSX 10.7.5 Lion)

  What do you mean by "assigned to this disk as the location of the Archive" is this something to do with the software you use?

  The drive is formatted for Mac?  Menu go to menu, click Finder go > utilities > disk utility > click on external drives partition - format it sets out Mac OS X extended.   Otherwise, to save the files on the disk and ease than Mac OS

  

• McKey external hard drive recognized a hard drive in vista, software cd will not load and run, it goes to my computer and can be open, but not installed.

  This windows vista 32 bit has recently had a complete recovery, and now I want to add my old documents, photos and music to the recovered system. The Maxtor safty drill CD must be installed, but the software is recognized by AutoPlay as images to open or add files. AutoPlay is set to run or install the software. Why is this?

  I plug the USB external hard drive and the the only way to know its plugged in is by going to my computer, and then make sure he displayed as a drive hard C: and D:. How can I fix it?

  This computer is still the updates, but this should not be here.

  I would like to have all the answers.

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistarepair/threads

  "Restore the previous settings, repair installations, recover data."

  Repost in the Vista repair and recovery Forum above.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• NEW EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE IS NOT RECOGNIZED IN WINDOWS 8, BUT IS PRESENT IN DEVICE MANAGER AND IN DISK MANAGEMENT (NOT ME LEAVES NO ASSIGN A NEW DRIVE LETTER PATH)

  I buy a new drive external hard 2T hard drive (plug-n-play) for my new Windows System. When I launch the device I have here a beep let me know the unit is plugged on my USB (3.0 or 2.0 as it is backward compatible) but when I go to my computer, the device does not appear, and as such I can't use it. When I go to the devices it is recognized and works apparently correctly. After some browsing on the net, I was told that I have to assign a drive letter. Thus entering disk management, the unit is, properly partitioned. However, when I right click on the appropriate partition gout the menu to change the disk path appears but is grayed out, and as such I can't use to assign a path drive letter. I checked to see if I run as administrator which I believe that I am by default when I first activated Windows. Is there anyone who has experienced this same problem or know a fix?

  Thank you very much

  Ron

  Hi, I solved the problem with help. Because Device Manager wouldn't let me not use the format option I deleted the main partition by right click on the partition and then the wizard formatted the partition to NTFS, as I store a few large recording Daw. During the process of the wizard automatically assigned a letter from path of reader (e) but you can choose other. The drive was originally formatted FAT 32. The main problem I had was in the drop-down list that appears when I just clicked on the primary partition was options of Format and assign new drive letter have been greyed out... the only option left to delete the partition and reformat the drive. It's a new external so I didn't not lose all content.

• When I plug in an external hard drive usb, it is recognized in Device Manager, but not in Solution Explorer.

  When I plug in an external hard drive usb, it is recognized in Device Manager, but not in Solution Explorer. I use windows 7 on a laptop Pavilion dv7-6b77dx.

  Thank you.  I followed your instructions and it worked.  I am amazed by these forums.  No matter what a person has problems, there is someone out there who has the knowledge and the willingness to share with the less informed.  Thanks again for you information.

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• External hard drive is recognized but cannot see the content

  My external hard drive PX1393E - 2 32 is identified as removable media, if I connect it with my laptop. But there is no possibility of access. Size is shown as '0' and you can't see the content.

  I work with Windows Vista Home Premium SP 1. I tried to use the hard drive with a second computer (also Vista): same problem. If I connect the hard drive with a laptop that works with XP, I can see and use all my data.

  Drivers and the operating system are the last level.

  Does anyone know a solution?

  (I ask forgiveness because of my bad English.)

  Hello

  You can see the size of the HARD disk in disk management?

  Normally the external HARD drive should also work on Vista if it works properly on your XP computer.
  You use different cables? Maybe you should try other on Vista laptop.

  In addition, I would recommend formatting the HARD drive again. It's maybe something s wrong with the structure of the partition.

• I have recovery disks but no disk drive. Is it possible to copy discs on an external hard drive with another laptop

  I have a HP 15 Notebook PC with no dvd player recently sent me the CD of HP system recovery. I don't have an external dvd drive. What I have is a portable Toshiba Satelight with Windows 7 and a good dvd player. I also have an external hard drive to 500 GB. I thought maybe I could copy the disks on the external hard drive with the Toshiba dvd player. Then attach the external hard drive to my HP 15 laptop by usb port and install Hp recovery disks from the external hard drive. Is someone can you please tell me if HRT is possble. Thank you very much.

  Have seen others try this and fail miserably. I also saw a few attempt to copy on USB stick with the same end result.

  Save yourself a lot of grief and borrow or buy a USB CD/DVD drive.

• Windows 7 backup and restore not recognizing external hard drives

  My laptop recognizes the drives external hard and other storage devices and I can read and manually copy files, etc for them. But the backup and restore told me that nothing is connected when I try to run it. Also, when I connect the external hard drive to a USB port, the menu that is displayed does not include the option of backup of the device just connect. Is there a setting I need to change in the backup and restore program? Or is there another solution that everyone is aware of it please?

  Hi Sally,

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  I understand that the backup and restore does not recognize the external hard drive, but Windows doesn't. I'll be happy to help you with your query. Let me ask you;

  1. Is - this happy with all external hard drives or individual?
  2. What kind of backup are trying to create, auto or manual?
  3. You did it recently no specific changes in the computer?

  There may be several reasons why backup & restore does not recognize the external hard drive. Let's check out the steps below.

  Step 1: Connect the device to a USB (Universal Serial Bus) and a different test.

  Step 2: You can check if the services responsible for the backup of restoration & work or not.

  Volume Shadow Copy and backup of Windows service.

  To check the services, you can follow the procedure.

  (a) click Start.

  (b) in the Search tab, type Services.msc , and then press Efriendship.

  (c) now in the services window, locate Windows Backup service and Volume Shadow Copy services. Check if they are started.

  Note: Check the services separately, and then close the Services window.

  Step 3: Run the next Fixit and check if the disc is recognized.

  Click here to launch the Fixit.

  Step 4: You can try to temporarily disable the security software of the computer and check with the question. Later, re-enable the security software.

  See: , disable the anti-virus software

  Important: Antivirus software can help protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. In most cases, you should not disable your antivirus software. If you need to disable temporarily to install other software, you must reactivate as soon as you are finished. If you are connected to the Internet or a network, while your antivirus software is disabled, your computer is vulnerable to attack.

  Hope this information is useful. Please feel free to answer in the case where you are facing in the future other problems with Windows.

• external hard drive is missing. But drive turn on!

  Hello

  My Iomega external hard drive seems to be missing on my mac. But I see the drive light on when you are connected to the USB port.

  I use an old iMac & an Iomega hard drive that worked without problem. I took travel & when I got home, I connected on the iMac, but I don't see the icon. I find deposit on Finder & also I tried turning / slideshow, external drive on Finder.I see all other connected external drives but not this one. I do not see it listed in the disc utilities. I tried to connect to another Mac & still have the same problem. Can someone tell me what is happening?

  I've never used the Iomega drivers on the mac, but everything worked well. Do I need to download Iomega drivers?

  It seems that the Iomega company is more then what I do and who should I speak?

  I use the last BONES of El capitan.

  Any guidance will be appreciated.

  Thank you.

  If possible, try a different port or a different cable; the light in the external hard drive enclosure

  can work OK, while the data flow uses different threads in the cable. In addition, the housing

  (also known as speaker) can have bad elements which could affect the ability of

  the internal hard drive. You may need to get a replacement suitable for box

  Use with this hard drive inside.

  The old drivers of this company would be unnecessary; the recent OS X has all the people.

  There are several reasons why the external drive may be badly behave. Between the

  cable, taken & /or port and failure internal circuit that connects the drive

  inside the computer outside, these can be remedied by the use of replacement cases.

  So there are words that can mean 'wardrobe' of 'accommodation' - or "case."

  If the unit is based on port-power supply through the USB cable only, other issues can happen.

  Most of my closed external hard drives use an external power supply. You can

  must obtain and use (please bring extra) quality additional backup included the HD discs.

  For examples, see OWC macsales.com. Specifications and information are here.

  Sometimes, you can use disk utility to see if you can get an external drive to be 'seen '.

  and if so, do 'mount' - sometimes the other question, trying to unmount or eject.

  At this point, close to 12:30, I hope the case is something simple. A cable? A port?

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• C50 - D satellite - external hard drive is not recognized

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  Hello

  The laptop supports 1 USB 3.0 port and 2 USB 2.0 ports.
  I recommend you connect the external HARD drive to each port (USB 2.0) and USB3.0 just to check if it is not a compatibility problem. But generally, it shouldn't be a big problem to connect a USB 2.0 device to a USB 3.0 external.

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• 3 50 PX1394U external hard drive not recognized

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