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• External hard drive is not recognized

  My external hard drive is not recognized by windows, the led lights up but no display on 'my computer '.

  Try it on another computer, if it doesn't, it could be a bad cable or hard drive box. Use a different cable or an enclosure.

  If it works on another computer, on your computer check the disk, if it is displayed in computer management. In Explorer, right click on "Computer", click 'manage '. Under computer management, storage, click on "disk management". If it is showing a right click on it, click on «Change drive letter and path...» ", click the"Edit"button and then assign a drive letter.

  Or if the reader is displayed, you can check in the Device Manager. In the device under Universal Serial Bus controllers Manager looking for the drive generally a mass storage device, right-click on it, uninstall and then restart. If does not uninstall everything under USB controllers, then restart your computer.

• Seagate external hard drive is not recognized in Windows 7

  I have a 1 to Seagate disc ext I used since February 2011, I changed my computer since then and only recently, it does not recognize the drive. I couldn't find any free software to download, and the drive did not come with CD. Please help? Thank you.

  You can also follow step proposed in this link & check if the problem persists:

  Seagate Expansion Portable 500 GB external hard drive does not work on my windows 7

• External hard drive is not recognized after Windows Update

  Original title: XP Pro wants to install driver for external hard drive that is Plug-and-Play

  I think that using Windows Update can cause problems (unintentinally or not) for users of Windows XP.

  In a series of accidents with an old computer and reinstall the XP Pro operating system, I discovered that MS Money installing only if it was made before the Windows updates.  (planned obsolescense?) The issue has to do with the removal of the registry AUTORUN file. INF for some new and improved files through Windows Update.  Before the updates, the file exists, and I could install MS money.  After updates, AUTORUN. Missing INF file of the registry.

  Now, I encountered a new problem, and I think that it is also a result of Windows Update.  My external hard drive to IDE, that worked perfectly before on this computer (newer), is no longer recognized and want to reinstall the driver.

  The problem is that it is a Plug-and-Play device, and no driver was needed before updates.  I read somewhere in my many attempts to find a solution that the MS Plug and Play system was replaced by a universal version of this feature (UPNP?)

  It's on a more recent, computer replacement, which came not with a copy of the Windows XP Pro operating system, and I can't just reformat the hard drive and start all over again.

  Someone else has encountered this, and if so, have you found a solution?

  Double Post suite-

  Where is my external hard drive?

  I'm under XP Pro on a Dell Optiplex PC with all the current Windows updates (SP3. Net4, etc..) and last month, I added a USB IDE hard drive. the hard disk enclosure is MASSCOOL, and I used a 250 GB Seagate Barracuda7800. The car worked perfectly until this week. I had the Windows Update critical update automaticlly value and security updates.

  The hard drive has disappeared from "my computer." I tried to plug and unplug in different USB ports, restarted the computer, but continues to receive the "new hardware detected by saying me that new hardware has been detected and that I need to install the necessary driver.

  The problem is that Seagate does not provide any driver for this drive, because it is supposed to be (and was so far) recognized by the Plug-and-Play of Windows XP software. The hard drive enclosure came with a mini CD, but this contains software to use the unit as a back-up, not for storage.

  I can't understand that this change suddenly to believe that something in the Windows updates that have been installed recently changed the command structure, registry files or the drivers themselves.

  I know this is possible, because I've seen what's happened to any program that relied on self. INF file that was originally part of XP. This resulted in programs like Microsoft Money and older versions of MS Office, not being able to be installed by those of us who are not 'technically lit.

  I'm here in left field, or other people have had similar problems? And is anyone know how to solve this dilemma?

  Hello Ron Caley.

  Perform the steps in the link and check.

  Advanced troubleshooting tips for General USB for Windows XP problems

  Hope this information helps.

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

  Just Satellite C50 D but are unable to read or recognize my LaCie hard drive.
  As it has all the data from my old computer, it is rather important. Can someone provide help and advice on the way to a) the disc or b) transfer all data in the memory of the laptop

  Thank you very much
  A  :-)

  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.

  However, it could also be that this external HARD drive needs more than usual 500mA power supplied by a USB 2.0 port. In this case, you must use a USB cable to Y to connect the HARD drive to two USB ports.

• My external hard drive is not recognized

  Before you start I just want to say that I read all related issues, and although people have had similar problems for me I tried all of the solutions that have worked for them but nothing worked for me. So now, it's the way that...

  I have a Packard Bell Store & Save 3500 external hard drive that I used with my desktop for about 3 years now. It has always worked well before, but recently I plugged on my new laptop running Windows 7 to transfer files, and now when I plug in my desktop PC running Windows XP, it does not appear in my computer. It appears in Device Manager but not on my desktop and shows both disk management on my laptop but in disk management it has a red X on the picture and said that it has not been initialized. When I try to boot it, it then comes up with an error message saying "device is not ready." I really really want to reformat because I have files I want to keep on it and other people say that this has not solved their problem. I've tried everything I can think of and would really appreciate some help on this problem! Thanks in advance.

  PS. Oh, I forgot to say, I don't need to work on my laptop any more I want to just get back on my desktop PC! Thank you, Helen.

  Number of things you could try is use knoppix (option 3) to see if that reads the files. its basically a linux operating system you put on cd and run it from cd. He read windows formatted disks, it takes on the operating system of the equation and you maybe power then copy the data off.

  You can try to pull the hard drive into the usb box... plug directly into the computer, see if it works then, and it backs up like that...

• External hard drive WD not recognized by Vista

  I have a WD 1 TB, external hard drive.  It of, uh, was connected via my lynksys router.  I recently had to start my laptop in an airport.  During the startup, I got the standard message, of not being able to connect to all devices.  I also had the standard dialog box for the connection in an airport, not safe, blah, blah.  When I went home, my laptop does not recognize the WD drive.  The other computers in the House to recognise that it is very good.  If the signal between the router and the player is fine, but I can't connect to it.  My laptop is about 18 inches from the router.

  When you are connected, open center network and sharing, click Customize, then choose private, close.

• External hard drives are not recognized by Lr4

  When I plugged my two external hard drives to my computer this week, Lr4 does not recognize them. Each folder has a question mark by it.

  Appreciate any help... Thank you!

  Dave, none of us "aid" are employees of Adobe, we're all users just like you... it is a user forum where we all help each other.

  Return to the specifics of your problem, "eject" is a function, you should find the area of the Windows taskbar system tray, but you may need to click the little pointing up (marked in blue on the attached screenshot) arrow to 'show hidden icons', which will reveal a bunch of other icons and the one you need is marked in red. Click on that to reveal a list of devices that can be ejected, select the one you want and wait to be advised that it is safe to unplug.

  To be honest, I would never disconnect a drive just unplug him.

  Regarding your other external drives, like I said that Windows will assign the first available drive letter, unless you use the "edit the drive letter" option to assign a specific drive letter... in this case Windows will remember this assignment and will subsequently always use this letter provided it is available at the time of reconnection. In other Windows do not book the drive letter, but it will use it if it happens to be available.

  For this reason that I attributed to all drive letters my backup hard drives that I regularly remove after use, so I know I will always get the same letter each time (which is fundamental to my backup strategy).

• 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.

• External hard drive is not recognized and the Table to Partition GUID (GPT) partitioning scheme has message is required (-69773)

  Hello!

  I have an external HD that has been unplugued without eject by mistake. Since then, the HD is not recognized by the finder or disk utility.

  When I list the disk in the Terminal, the drive is listed.

  But when I tried to check or repair, a message appears: "failed to check this disc: a Partition GUID (GPT) partitioning schΘma Table is required (-69773).

  I can access the files using programs such as Seagate File Recovery, but I want to extract data and repair the disk without using 3rd party software.

  Is this possible?

  If you have access to the files - a possibility would be to get the files off the disk and then reformat using disk utility

• External hard drive USB not recognized by Win XP Satellite

  My Satellite S105 running Windows XP Professional SP3 works well with any external SSD.

  Yet my external USB hard drive from Seagate Freeagent is visible sometimes and not others. The Seagate works very well except when it is invisible to Windows. Removing the drivers USB (re-installed by windows) does not change this. The drive is not visible in my computer or elsewhere. Dirve of Seagate Manager does not detect the drive in these moments there.

  What is the solution?

  Thank you.

  I guess that other external USB devices (USB flash drive key, mouse, etc.) are working properly and don't disappear in my computer. Is this good?

  This means that this issue has nothing to do with the laptop or USB ports for s laptop but with your external USB HDD.
  A maybe it's some kind of problem with the USB HDD. ?:|

• External hard drive USB not recognized under XP SP3

  My hard drive of 250 USB Samsung S2 - 250 GB will cause no detection pluggin/disconnect under XP SP3. I tried with powered usb hubs and in all the usb ports on my PC. This same disk works fine in other machines. Other usb devices are recognized by XP, is the only problem with this disk. I've read about this problem in http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B925196&x=10&y=8 class and I tried to auto-detection function, but although the article talks about usb devices, the service only analized drivers CD/DVD and not founded no problem. Others say it's a registry problem. What can I do? Thank you.

  Please consult the link read & run it tool (50052) fix: [following fix it utilities you tried is no different; it is not that CD/DVD check attach it]

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/817900

  Also download & install the hotfix in your machine:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/940514

  &

  http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4E370D0F-BCA4-4A2A-9CDE-DFE2DA16672A&displaylang=en

  Let me know if it worked or not.

  S.Chatterjee

• Seagate external hard drive is not recognized

  I have a seagate freeagent desktop, which I use as a return to the top, it was working fine and then all of a sudden, it was not recognized by the PC, it was connected via USB but does not appear in Device Manager, I did a restore of the system on 2 occasions and reverse works for awhile and then looks as if the drive is not connected I'm sure that there is something in uodated in the windows updates that causes this problem, I checked the disk on a laptop and it works very well 99%, as it does on the CPC up to who ever update it is happens, then disappears

  Hi kaizah,

  Try the troubleshooting steps suggested by Seagate to solve the problem of the computer that is running Windows XP. http://www.Seagate.com/WW/v/index.jsp?locale=en-us&name=NoLongerXP1&vgnextoid=cd3a2210a034c110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD

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• External hard drive WD not recognized by Hp Pavilion P6210

  I come from HP Pavillion Model P6210F with windows 7 64 bit. Connected my eixting western digital 500 GB external drive to try to transfer my old data, but

  my new office does not recognize that I have an external drive connected. WD model number is WD5000D032-000. Downloaded from WD SMARTWare pilot, but still do not see the disk drive in the Device Manager. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Just redid it again and this time it worked according to the instructions that you have provided. Thank you

• External hard drive is not recognized by Windows 7

  * Original title: transferring files from Mac drive formatted for PC Windows 7

  Someone gave me a Mac to format drive I need to transfer my Windows 7 PC for video editing. When I connect USB2, PC does not recognize, even if I get an indication that something has been connected. Manager displays disk the disk as "unallocated" space with no drive letter. It does not appear in the Explorer.

  I thought that Win 7 was supposed to see the Mac formatted disks. Am I missing something?

  I plugged on my NAS drive and he «seen» I was even able to copy a test file, but it took forever. I plugged back it it a second time for the PC with no luck. I went back to the NAS, and now the NAS has no access to it. Something happened, I don't know what or how to fix.

  I don't have a Mac

  A custom PC natively see/read a mac disk, you need a third party utility, is one of these

  http://www.Mediafour.com/products/MacDrive/