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• External hardrive WD not recognized by Windows 7

  I can't get my external hardrive WD to be recognized by Windows 7.  The hard drive is a model more old, 500 GB.  Model number WD500H1U-00.  I tried to go to the website of WD driver and can't find a driver that works with Windows 7.  Whenever I click on my model number, it indicates that the drive works with Windows 2000 and XP.  Is this OK or I do something wrong when I try to download the driver?  Any help in this matter would be a great help.  Thank you very much.

  It requires no driver, it's a USB 2 key if its not work when you plug it in win7 should automatically detect it.

  The drive works OK on another PC?

  http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/A_ID/5316/p/209, 211/c/123/session/L3RpbWUvMTQzMzYwODc0NC9zaWQvSVQzYnpkb20%3D

• External hard drive not recognized

  It seems as if my Macbook Superdrive is not recognized by both my MacBook after upgrade to El Capitan.  I took my external drive to the Apple iStore, it has been tested and I've been told that it does not.  Then, I bought a new disc (R1999.30 - a lot of money!), and after connecting to my two computers today, I realized that this new album is also "does not work".  After each update, something that has worked well in the past, does not work. Has anyone found a solution yet?

  How you try to burn the disks?

  You get an error message? So then what?

• external USB drives not recognized under xp pro 64

  I bought a genuine version of XP Pro 64 to load on my computer and because Win 7 froze with drivers nVidia graphics.

  When I plug a recently bought Seagate Goflex or one of the new Western Digital external hard drives, they are not recognized.

  They do not show on my computer or disk management at all.

  They appear in Device Manager with a yellow question mark big under 'other devices '.

  I right click on the hard drive in the Device Manager to update the driver, and it always fails.

  Before ask you, these USB drives work perfectly on my other XP Home 32 System. The cables are good.

  I tried different ports, front and rear... no good.

  My system XP 64 Prp is updated w/Windows update and software chip to the motherboard.

  Strangely, I have a hard drive WD Passport USB 500 Gb one-year-old that works fine on XP 64 system.

  WD technicians say that I am the only one with this problem. PlugNPlay needs no driver, what do say.

  I also have IDE/SATA USB cable w / the power cable, I use to connect my old internal drives.

  Works fine on the XP Home 32, but I get the error "USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge" in the device with the 64-bit System Manager.

  Yes these devices are all "turned on."

  Something is missing on the XP 64 system.

  Help is very appreciated.

  Been looking for a solution for a week now.

  Thank you.

  Hello

  See the following articles that may help you resolve this problem.

  A computer that is running Windows XP cannot detect a USB, an Apple iPod flash drive or an external hard disk drive
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/925196
  Why my computer does not detect my new USB device when I run Windows XP or Windows Server 2003?
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/314634

• external dvd drive not recognized

  Original title: my external dvd player

  My dvd/rw external elonexs drive does not work. I'm worried cos I really need to use. PLS, any ideas on what I shd do?

  Hi Clement,

  Check if it is recognized in Device Manager. Follow the steps below:

  a. Click Start, type devmgmt.msc and press to enter.

  b. Locate the name of the device

  You can also run the fix it from the link below and check if this can help: your CD-ROM drive or DVD drive is missing or is not recognized by Windows or other programs: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116

  With regard to:

  Samhrutha G S - Microsoft technical support.

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• WD external hard drive not recognized

  I have a Western Digital MyBook external hard drives.  I bring it with me to different places and one day when I got home I plugged it in my PC and nothing happened.  The HD is no longer recognized.

  I checked the Device Manager and it does not appear there or it appears in the list of devices for the assignment of drive letters so is not the problem.  While he was just USB I could see that the computer has been grateful something was plugged to the USB port, but that's all.  I removed the HD from its holster and hung in to my computer and always directly nothing if it is not a cable problem or power.

  I went to the site of WD and tried their repair program, but wasn't able to only detect the drive either so no luck there.

  I also tried to remove the UpperLimit registry or whatever it's called but there no LowerLimit registry to remove.  I've restarted and nothing changed.

  I'm really of ideas here, and at this point, I want to at least be able to use it again even if it means a complete reformat even if I got a lot of things about what I lose enough.

  You say that is not recognized by your computer.

  And their repair program cannot be found.

  Have you tried to plug it into another computer and see if it is approved by it?

  If it isn't, it is probably the player that has the problem.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• My seagate backup more external hard drive not recognized after system restore

  I have a small sony vaio netbook running windows 7 starter edition. I did a system restore recently - saved on an external hard drive usb, nine 1 to seagate backup more - now after fighting with 124 updates hard disk is not recognized. Seagate has say the drivers are pre installed in windows. convenience stores never work - I find the trouble shooters are almost always useless - is this just me?

  It works on my laptop of friends - so im guessing it is the operating system reinstalled - what I do?

  Hello Neil,.

  First of all, we apologize for the late response.

  1. What happens, do not install the updates?
  2. What is the complete error message you get, when the update installs?
  3. What is the update kb article number?

  
  for problems with windows updates, run the tool in troubleshooting Windows Update:
  Open the Windows Update troubleshooting tool
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-the-Windows-Update-Troubleshooter
   
  For the problem with the external hard drive
  Code 28 shows, the drivers for this device are not installed.
   
  Error codes in the Device Manager in Windows
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310123/en-us
   
  Log in as administrator and then try to install the drivers
   
  How can I connect as an administrator?
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-CA/Windows7/how-do-i-log-on-as-an-administrator

  S eaTools for Windows

  http://www.Seagate.com/in/en/support/downloads/item/SeaTools-win-master/

  Additional information:

  "Access denied" or other errors in the access to or work with files and folders in Windows

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2623670/en-us

  I hope this helps. Please get back with the results.

• 3 50 PX1394U external hard drive not recognized

  I recently bought the external hard drive, Toshiba PX1394U 3 50. I followed the instructions for the installation and everything went as planned either he found material etc. and returned with the message of successful installation.

  However, when I go in my computer that there should be an icon for the external hard drive and it does not exist.

  I saw the thread, recommending using REGEN, but this has no effect on the problem - the icon still does not appear in my computer.

  I use a laptop computer from a different manufacture running Windows XP and all updates are loaded.

  I also had the same problem when loading on my desk.

  Any ideas?

  If you get the message installation was successful, you should find the HARD disk in disk management.
  Control Panel > administrative tools > computer management > disk management

  Maybe you first create a partition or format, but normally you will see players all recognized.

• Hitachi Lifestudio external hard drive not recognized on Windows Vitsa... why?

  I have a hitachi lifestudio external hard drive and it works great 50% of the time... the other 50%, I fight because it not being recognized on my computer or laptop (both vista).  I plugged it to my computer now and it will only recognize the player but is not the one with my files that I need.  I have two USB cords connected and it was working fine yesterday!  Now all of a sudden it won't work at all.  I got and rehooked many times now and still nothing.  Other USB ports are filled with our wireless mouse and others.  Is there a way to force vista to recognize something?

  Hello

  ·          Were there any changes made to your computer before this problem?

  Step 1: Try running Microsoft fix it in the following article:

  Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/hardware_device_problems

  See also: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Tips-for-solving-problems-with-USB-devices

  Step 2: Check if the external drive is getting detected in disk management.

  If the hard drive is recognized in disk management and if there is no letter assigned drive, I suggest you make a right click on the drive and assign a drive letter and check to see if it helps:

  Reference: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-add-or-remove-a-drive-letter

• External hard drives not recognized / work in Windows 7

  I see that many people have problems with Windows 7 does not recognise external drives. I have a SimpleTech Pro 1 t external drive used to be recognized with Windows 7, but is no longer recognized. He wasn't arrested only recently recognized. I if it is the car, so I bought an external drive of Hitachi LifeStudio 2 t. It does work on my desk. However, two external drives work with my laptop running MS Vista. So the problem is not with the external drives. On the contrary, the problem is with Windows 7 is no longer recognizing external drives. I read a lot of posts here and see that many people have the same problem, but none of the solutions are presented. Windows 7 does everything just not with external drives? It's frustrating.

  Hello
   
  Have you tried the troubleshooting steps?
   
  Step 1: Try to run Automated Troubleshooting Services and check out what he has to say.
  Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/hardware_device_problems
  
  Step 2: You can also check in the device if Manager disk external drive is listed.
  
  a. connect the external hard drive to the computer.
  b. to open Device Manager, type devmgmt.msc in the search box start and press ENTER.
  c. check if the external drive is listed.
  d. in Device Manager, expand the hard drive listed in the list of devices.
  e. If the hard disk is listed, right click on it > click Properties.
  (f) in general, under control of device for the message status. After back if there is no error message.
  Step 3: Check to see if the external drive is getting detected in disk management.
  
  If the hard drive recognized in disk management and if there is no drive letter assigned, I suggest that you right-click on the drive and assign a drive letter and check to see if it helps:
  Reference: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-add-or-remove-a-drive-letter
  Step 4: Since external hard drive is detected earlier, I suggest that you try to perform system restore.
  Reference: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/system-restore
   

  Step 5: Remove and reinstall all USB controllers.

  To remove and reinstall all USB controllers, follow these steps:

  a. clickStart, click run, type sysdm.cpl in theOpen box and then click OK.

  b. click on thehardware tab.

  c. click theDevice Manager button.

  d. expandBus USB controllers.

  e. right click on each device under theBus USB controllers node and then click Uninstall to remove them one at a time.

  f. restart the computer and reinstall the USB controllers. Restarting the computer should automatically install the drivers.

  g. plug in the removable USB storage device and perform a test to ensure that the problem is solved.

  Step 6: Install the windows updates and check.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/install-Windows-updates

  Step 7: Install the latest chipset driver. For this I recommend you contact the manufacturer of the system.

  Thanks and greetings
  Umesh P - Microsoft technical support.

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• TOSHIBA StorE Art 2 TB external hard drive not recognized by HP Elite /Win7

  I have a new HP Elite desktop computer running Windows 7 Home Edition:
  A few months ago, I bought a Toshiba Store Art HDD Ext 2 to, which until today has worked well. Today, I started the PC in the morning (with no updates of Windows or other software) to find that he would recognize is no longer the Toshiba hard drive. He always recognizes the WD drives and SimpleTech drives when they are plugged. All external drives are powered separately and do not rely on the power of USB.

  I tried the Art Store on other PC and it works fine. I tried to change the cables, the cable works on other players (and other cables will not do this work of Art store). I tried several ports USB 2 on the PC, with no luck * (but all the ports work with other readers).

  I try verified Drvivers of COMPUTERS and MANAGING disks. There is no sign of the disk (not defective disc), it is simply not there at all.

  I searched on the web - try a variety of techniques (disconnect the power PC) and much more. No luck.

  PC specifications are:
  Operating system
  MS Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit SP1
  CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT
  Intel Core i3 530 2.93 GHz 30 ° c.
  Technology of 32nm Clarkdale
  RAM
  3.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665 MHz (9-9-9-24)
  Motherboard
  MSI 2A9Ch (CPU 1) 38 ° C
  Graphics
  HP L1906 (1280x1024@60Hz)
  ATI Radeon HD 5450
  Hard drives
  488 GB Seagate ST3500418AS (SATA) 31 ° C
  Optical drives
  Device USB WD virtual CD 1110
  HP DVD-RAM GH60L
  Audio
  Realtek High Definition Audio

  Works well with all other readers. and it worked with Toshiba until this morning.

  Clues?

  Thank you

  I put t really know what can be the problem.
  If everything worked a few days previously, first try to make back the OS using System Restore tool just to see if this will help.

• External hard drive not recognized, but...

  I can't find a similar problem anywhere online.

  Drive external DRIVE is Toshiba Stor.E partner (green), 1 TB.

  About 2 years ago.

  One day last week, I realized, it was not mounted in the usual place (on my Time Capsule), so I connected it to my Mac Mini, but no difference.

  Screenshots show Mac specs, more the HARD drive in the disk and repair utility failed drive.

  It is partitioned into two 500 GB, but I can't really remember why I did it.

  For more than a year it is connected to the back of my time Capsule, so it is not included in the automatic backups. From time to time I move to my Mac Mini for a day or two and include it in the back up - but now that I enter Time Machine can't find a backup of it so I was probably passing on this topic in the wrong way? Also had a problem during the summer, this year, where my TC got indigestion and decided to throw all that, which means that I had to start from scratch, backups but it was not biggy time.

  I bought a new cable (best reviews on Amazon), in which case it was a problem, but no difference. Have not yet tried a Y-cable but will if someone recommends.

  I'm sure that people will need more information, ask so far.

  Also displayed in the Mac Mini to the Web site, but this has farrrr less followers then thought that it would be wise by the bash too.

  Thanks in advance

  

  

  

  

  Seems to me that the drive has failed. It happens.

• Drive WD 4 to external drive is not recognized by T410

  Hi all

  I have a 4 TB HDD that I use to return to the top of my desktop PC. I remember to backup my T410. When I plugged it, it the laptop recognized that there is a new device and tried to find the right driver for it. Unfortunately he doesn't no and.

  My os is windows 7-64 bit.

  Is this a problem with the T410? is there a way to fix this?

  See you soon

  Zeyad

  I found the problem. The problem was that windows didn't download the appropriate driver. I checked under Computer Management - storage and could not find the drive. When I checked under devices and printers that I found the hard attached by non-functional disk. So I simply searched for the appropriate driver and the problem is solved.

  richk thanks for your response.

• external hard drive not recognized by my computer

  My external hard drive was working fine until I accidentally unplugged from its station USB then I backup my files on it. Now when I plug it in, the computer does not display its existence. Help, please

  Hello

  Who is the manufacturer of the hard drive?

  Try to connect the player to another USB port and see if it works.
   
   
  I also suggest you to run the Fixit provided in the link:
  A computer that is running Windows XP cannot detect a USB, an Apple iPod flash drive or an external hard disk drive

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/925196

   
   
  I hope this helps!

• Toshiba HDDR500E04XL 500 GB Portable external hard drive not recognized

  I have a HP pavilion a735w PC AMD Athlon XP, Microsoft Windows XP operating system. My PC does not recognize my external hard drive connected to a USB port. Also, my PC does not recognize the thumb drives. I have no idea what is the problem. Can anyone help? I use Toshiba portable hard drive on my laptop Eee PC with Windows XP operating system and may not see the external hard drive or thumb leads either.  What could be the issue. I have some other USB ports for keyboard, mouse, speakers, printers and a scanner, and the PC can see them very well.  What could be the problem? Help! Anyone?

  Thank you

  Gordis Sjöstedt-Smith

  Hello

  I suggest you to follow the steps in this Microsoft KB article troubleshooting and check if it helps.

  A computer that is running Windows XP cannot detect a USB, an Apple iPod flash drive or an external hard disk drive

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/925196