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• WD external hard drive not recognized by Vista

  I am running Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 2 Build 6002 on a HP Pavilion dv6704nr laptop. I just bought a WD My Passport Essential 500 GB external hard drive with USB 2.0 for PC connection. When I plugged in there first, it did prompt driver install, then install complete driver. I can't detect the drive in Windows Explorer. In the Device Manager, there is every indication that other devices and when I try to reinstall the driver by right click on the properties icon that I get the driver is not digitally signed my mistake by microsoft. WD provides drivers for this HD as they claim that it is already part of the windows operating system. Please help me get this working properly

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  If it appears in the Device Manager in the "Other devices" section, right click on the device, "Uninstall".

  2. in Device Manager, it should appear under the 'USB Bus controllers'. If you can find it there, do a right-click, "Uninstall", then restart your computer.

  3. If this does not work, uninstall everything under USB controllers then reboot they should be reinstalled.

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  You may just assign a drive letter for the drive in computer management. Right click "Computer", click on "Manage" under "Computer management", "Storage", click on "disk management". In the right pane, locate the drive, right click then click on «Change drive letter and path...» ", click the"Edit"button and assign a drive letter.

• Western Digital external hard drive not recognized in Vista

  This computer is Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) with Service Pack 2.

  I have connected an external Western Digital (My Book).  Sometimes the HD appears in devices such as WD My Book IEEE 1394 SBP @. Device Manager, and sometimes it isn't. ????

  No matter, it NEVER so appears as a disc when I look in Windows Explorer. ???

  Help, please!

  Thank you.

  You can get in trouble with your device drivers.  Go to Device Manager by going to start / find and type Device Manager and enter and then double-click on the program icon that appears.  Check each device to a red x, yellow! or white?  These identify devices with problems probably (drivers, but also of conflict or something else).  Click on each for more details and troubleshooting tips.  If you need to get drivers (and you shouldbring at least for an external hard drive and all you have time to do - they can help way beyond simply solve this problem), let the computer dealer or the manufacturer of the device (NOT of Microsoft Updates).  In fact, you must disable automatic updates in Windows Update driver as follows: http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-disable-automatic-driver-installation-in-windows-vista/. Follow these steps to get the drivers: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/driverssupport/ht/driverdlmfgr.htm.  Once you have the drivers, you can install them via the Manager device as follows:http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/193584-device-manager-install-driver.html.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• Toshiba 500 GB external HARD drive is no longer detected - after only 1 hour

  Hey,.

  I finally got my Toshiba 500 GB external hard drive delivered today. I had no problem setting up and to turn my laptop on, it immediately recognized and I started to transfer things for her.

  However, I accidentally stood on the USB cable to the HARD drive and disconnected. I plugged it in, but my computer did not recognize.

  Nothing I've tried has worked, always, the laptop does not recognize the hard drive.

  Please help, I've only had the one hour thing, and it already does not work! I really hope that I have not only lost £56...

  All advice is appreciated, thanks in advance.

  NEW: My father just tried plugging the HARD drive in the desktop PC is on the ground, and as soon as the USB when it is in the port, you stop the computer... causing him to lose a lot of important business email, he wrote. It starts the computer, the USB and you stop again... and this has happened 3 times until he gave up. What on Earth is wrong with this thing? I've never heard of a USB cable, stop a computer permanently, or a hard drive that does more after an hour of use...

  Post edited by: Sam_V631

  The USB port on the HARD drive may have been damaged and may be causing the PC detect a short power.

  You can try another USB cable? If it is not the cable, then the HARD drive should be sent to a Service Center for repair or replacement.

• HP HD5000s Personal Media 500 GB external hard drive is missing from the computer.

  Original title: HP HD5000s media personal 500 GB external hard drive.

  Drive K disappeared from my office. How can I get that back to use my. HP 500

  Hi Ron,

  Don't you see the external hard drive listed in Device Manager?

  You can also check if the hard drive is listed in disk management.

  a. click the Start button > Control Panel > system and security > administrative tools.

  b. double-click on computer management.  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

  (c) in the left pane, under storage, click Disk Management.

  Please post back and we do know.

• I want to back up files and programs to an external 500 GB external hard drive with USB 2.0 connection. How can I do this?

  original title: Windows XP USB 2.0 HD backup

  I have a Dell Dimension 8100 2002 with 80 GB C and 200 GB drive F drive.  I want to back up files and programs to an external 500 GB external hard drive with USB 2.0 connection.  How can I do this?  Do I need special software to do this?  I have Windows XP Home Edition.  If I need additional software, what software recommend you?  Now I have My Documents, my pictures, etc. on F: and programs on C: any help and suggestions would be appreciated.

  Thank you, Bob Morrow

  You have a few choices.  You can buy a 3rd party program to backup such as Acronis True Image or Norton Ghostor you can install the program NTBackup comes with XP Home, but is not installed by default:

  'How to install backup from the CD-ROM in Windows XP Home Edition'
    <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/302894 >

  HTH,
  JW

• I bought a 500 GB external hard drive and did a full system backup. Then he told me that I need a floppy disk? After backup system restore was complete. What?

  I had a scare last week and thought that my computer crashed.  In the end, everything was fine, but I decided I had to do a full backup of the system.  Bought 500 GB external hard drive.  Full backup of the system ran through the performance Wizard mode & maint.  When finished, he gave me a saying of the warning, something like "insert a diskette to run the system restore" something like that.  Does this mean that if I have a major failure which is on the external hard drive is null and avenue?  Floppy?  What is everything?

  The disk is a boot disk that is used to access the backup files.

  The following items may be worth a visit:

  Windows XP - back up your files
  http://www.Microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/Setup/maintain/backupFiles.mspx

  How to backup easily your entire system in Windows XP
  http://free-backup.info/how-to-easily-backup-your-entire-system-in-Windows-XP.html

  Windows XP Backup utility
  http://vlaurie.com/Computers2/articles/xpbackup.htm

  For a different backup method that will include all your
  programs, personal files and settings, you can
  consider buying imaging software.

  2011 disk Imaging Software comparative review of products
  http://disk-imaging-software-review.TopTenReviews.com/

  Paragon offers a free version that can be worth a try:

  (FWIW... it's always a good idea to create a system)
  Restore point before installing software or updates)

  Free backup & Recovery (Advanced) 2011
  http://www.Paragon-Software.com/home/BR-free/features.html
  (the name of the file to download is: br_free_advanced.msi)

• Imation Apollo HDD 2.5 "500 GB external hard drive

  I try to use my Apollo 2.5 HDD 500 Gb external hard drive. It is impossible to open it from my different computers. Paolo diferent cannot recognize the mentioned device. Can you please help me with this problem?

  Thanking you in advance

  Raul,

  Let's start at the beginning... Do you hear rattling noises when you connect your HD on your computer? If you have more likely your hard drive is physically damage and usually there is not an easy way to fix this. Some people have reported that changing the controller, that fixed it for them. Others have reported that, by opening the envelope and connect directly without cable who fix it for them (to actually buy a USB to IDE kit. Amazon has a lot for about $6). I don't think that the problem are the ports on your computer because you have tried on different computers. The next suspect is the cable.  Make sure the cable you connect your device to the computer working. Try it with a cable that you know works. Once you have check that and still Win can not detect your hard disk, check to see if the BIOS can detect. I don't know how you can access your BIOS on your computer, but is usually by hitting F2 or ESC or F1. Check the screen when your computer starts and yous should see a message on a button to change the BIOS or settings. Once more, when you're in the BIOS, there no way course right to know all your hard drives connected. Just look around and see if you can find it (do not change any settings here. You could make your computer unusable). If the BIOS can detect your hard drive, then it is time to do some work on the victory.
  -Click Start.
  -Type diskmgmt.mscand press ENTER.
  -See if you can find it there. Typically, your internal hard drive is described as disk 0. Your external should be disk 1.
  -Right click on it and find an option that says Create partition or Format.

• HP SimpleSave 500 GB external hard drive is identified however the data is not displayed

  Hi, I have a HP SimpleSave 500 GB external hard drive. Till a month back I had copied, files, documents, mp3 etc in this player. And a few weeks back when I plugged it to recover some data on this subject, I was unable to see any folder in which I had copied the same. In the properties it shows to me that about 120 GB is used, which some how make sure that data are on it, however, due to an unexplained error, I am unable to see. Any help will be appreciated.

  Hi TinmanSav,

  Follow the suggestions below for a possible solution:

  Method 1: Run the hardware and devices Troubleshooter and see if it makes a difference.

  Open the hardware and devices Troubleshooter

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

  Method 2: I suggest you disable and re-enable the USB controller and check.

  Use Device Manager to disable and re-enable all the USB controllers. This allows controllers to recover the port USB of his condition does not respond. USB controllers represent the USB ports in Device Manager.

  To disable and re-enable the USB controllers, follow these steps:

  a. click Start, type "Device Manager" in the start search box and press ENTER.

  b. Expand Universal Serial Bus of controllers.
  
  Note: You need to scroll the list to find this point.

  c. right-click on the first USB controller under Bus USB controllersand then click Uninstall to remove it.

  d. Repeat steps above for each controller USB 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.

  Method 3: Check if the external hard drive is recognized in disk management and assign a drive letter to the same.

  To open disk management, follow these steps:

  ·         Click Start, type disk management in the start search box and press enter.

  If the drive is detected in disk management, I suggest you to assign a drive letter and see if that does the trick.

  For instructions, see this article:

  Change, add, or remove a drive letter

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

  You can also check the external hard drive on another computer.

  Let us know if that helps.

• External hard drive not appearing is not on Macbook Pro

  Hello

  I have problems with my external hard drive not appearing is not on my mac pro book. I did disk utility, and yet nothing has worked. I turned my computer on and off and the UN-plugged in the external hard drive. This has been a problem on my mac for a while and im frustrated book now. Im not sure what else to do. My external hard drive is a WD elements 1 TB. I tried the external hard drive on my windows of parents and it shows but does not appear on my mac book. I'm doing youtube videos, so I wanted to free my desktop because that all cluttered now. All my videos and my green screens that I use are on this external hard drive. Help, please.

  Thank you

  Open the Finder, then go to the Finder menu bar and click Finder > Preferences then select the general tab, then check that the external drives is enabled.

  If this does not help, make sure that OS X is up to date.

  Update the software on your Mac - Apple Support

• Formatting an external hard drive to FAT32 using vista

  Hello

  I own an Xbox 360 and a Windows Vista-based computer.  I wanted to store music and movies on an external hard drive and connect it to my Xbox 360 so I can make use for more then just a game.  I first tried this using a 2 GB USB key and it worked better then I could have hoped.  However, given that 2 GB does not go very far, I went out and bought a FreeAgent 1.5 TB drive external hard.  I can use it in Vista and works very well, but it does not recognize the Xbox 360.  I read in a forum that the 360 requires the external hard drive to FAT32, but Vista cannot format the disc in all except exFAT and NTFS.  How can I get the external drive in a format that can recognize the Xbox?

  Thanks in advance.

  Hello, Durandal95

  Please use the Forum for answers.

  You can format a drive using the FAT, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS filesystems using the format command-line tool.

  WARNING: Formatting your drive will completely erase it, exercise caution when you use the format features.

  To do this, go to start, all programs, accessories, click with the right button on command prompt and choose Run as administrator. In the command prompt window, type the following command and press ENTER: format X: / FS: FAT32 / q
  Note: Replace X: the good reader.

  You can find help on the XBOX on both, the help and the community pages:

  XBOX Help: http://support.xbox.com
  XBOX community: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/

  I hope this helps.

  David
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Is there a driver for external hard drive WDME1600 compatible with windows vista?

  Original title: My Passport Essential WDME 1600

  Is there a driver for external hard drive WDME1600 compatible with windows vista?

  Hello

  Please see this link.
  http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/windows-vista/Details.aspx?type=Hardware&p=My%20Passport%20Essential%20WDME1600&v=Western%20Digital&uid=WDME1600&pf=4&pi=7&c=Storage%20Devices&sc=Hard%20Drives%2C%20External&os=64-bit

  It says here that if you have a 32-bit Vista system, then a free download is necessary for her. Click on the link to the breast and download the necessary files. I hope this will get this drive works for you.

  I hope this helps.

• External hard drive not detected with the error: "You must format the disk in the J: drive until you can use it."

  Hello

  I have an external hard drive to work perfectly. I'm back from vacation, and it does not appear under "My Computer". It appears under "Devices and printers", however. This is a link to a screencap of Device Manager: http://i.gyazo.com/9e91e1d71ed32c55dba0419e79b499d5.png

  The device in question is that of J:, and it says here that he has 100% free space, that worries me, because he had only 50 GB of free space when I used the latter. After that I open the disk management, I get a pop up message saying: "You must format the disk in the J: drive until you can use it."

  How can I get my hard drive appears again?

  Thank you

  Original title: external hard drive not appearing is not in Windows 7

  Hi John,.

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  I imagine the inconvenience that you are experiencing and will certainly help you in the right direction to solve the problem.

  According to the error message, I suggest trying the suggestions posted by the NakulShridhar responded on 14 October 2011 and by that alexquiteguy replied on 13 January 2011 in the thread following link and check if it helps.

  "You must format the disk in drive J: before you can use it"

  [Steps apply to Windows 7]

  Hope this information is useful. Let us know if you need more help, we will be happy to help you.

• External hard drive not a letter from reader: I already installed device driver for the same thing and it's showing in disk management.

  External hard drive not a letter from reader: I already installed device driver for the same thing and it's showing in disk management. But when I checked in system information, it is also displayed device but sectors and the tracs where showing the value 0.

  Hello Sharan,

  These links may help:

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc750198.aspx

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc977219.aspx

• How to make a mirror image as a backup copy of my hard drive, including the Windows Vista Home Premium

  Need help to achieve the above. Since I'm a very high level would be to apreciate a step by step how:
  a. make a backup mirror image of my pc drive hard icuding the OS and partitions;
  is b. possible to use incremental changes.

  Woud appreciate any advice a necw explanation = dique.

  Thank you in advance.

  pat_29

  Hello

  If you want to make a complete PC Backup or a backup file only, buy an external hard drive.

  Only Vista professional, comprehensive and company have the opportunity to make complete backups of PC.

  All editions of Vista can do backups of files.

  Here's how to back up and restore your files:

  "How to back up your data.

  http://www.wintuts.com/how-to-backup-your-data

  http://www.home-PC-help.com/windowsvistabackup.html

  "How to restore your files.

  http://www.wintuts.com/how-to-restore-files

  This is how to do a full backup of the computer and how to restore it (for Vista Business, Ultimate and Enterprise only):

  «How to make a backup of the computer in Vista»

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-use-Vista-complete-PC-Backup/

  "How to restore a full backup of the computer.

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/Windows-Vista-complete-PC-Restore/

  FAQ from Microsoft about backup and restore:

  "Back up and restore: frequently asked questions.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/back-up-and-restore-frequently-asked-questions

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  There are a number of 3rd party programs available for a full backup of the computer; others, you must pay for, some are free.

  This program must be purchased:

  "Acronis True Image".

  http://www.Acronis.com/homecomputing/products/TrueImage/index_gwo.html?utm_expid=4274314-6

  These are free programs for the protection of the computer:

  "EaseUS Todo Backup free"

  http://www.TODO-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm

  "Download Backup & Recovery 2012 free FREE!

  http://www.Paragon-Software.com/home/BR-free/download.html

  «Macrium Reflect FREE Edition»

  http://www.Macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

  See you soon.