Turns off external hard drive... Do not see it displayed in my computer

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• TOSHIBA PX1267E - 32 1 external HARD drive does not: seeing flashes blue/red

  Dear reader,

  I have a drive external HARD of PX1267E - 1 32. It worked fine for a year or two. Now, it started to malfunction.
  The light which should show current data traffic, now blinks red/blue (by changing half a second). When I connect it to the PC, it is a sound of connection, and a sound to unplug a few seconds later (it continues to repeat this once in a while).

  Anyone know what is happening, or what I need to do? More importantly, I need to know if it is worth fixing and if its even fixable.

  Thanks in advance!
  Freek

  Same here with my drive toshiba 320 GB external hard... S/N: 1103060475 / PX1223E - 1 32

  It just happened last week. All of a sudden you hard drive went from blue to red.
  And the computer no longer recognizes.
  So it worked out perfectly. No problem at all.

  Looks like it is a problem in Dutch? And that's happened with Freek and me at the same time?

  How can recover us information that is still on this subject.
  Because the case where the hard drive is there... just can not be opened.
  So we can't pull the hard drive from the case.
  Someone at - it also have a useful answer in this one?

  After you install a new device driver, it is also always recognizable not on my pc.
  Toshiba Harddisk can be seen in my computer, but played cannot enter or read data about...
  It works, but no data is recoverable more because of a problem in the i/o device so he says...

  Who can help us both... because it looks like I have and Freek have the same problem, and both live in the Netherlands. ;-) Perhaps both a bad Live Essentials Windows Update done?

  Unfortunately, the warranty is just late (1 year) because it was only guaranteed for 2 years
  So, it's no choice more :(

  Please advice us ;-)

  -How we recover the data on it. Brand, it works again?
  -How to open the hard disk to retrieve the disk and put it in another case...

• External hard drive USB, not received a drive letter in Vista 64-Bit

  I do not use my BeyondMicro 160 G external hard drive a lot just to make occasional backups, well this time was different.  I have powered the drive, plugged the USB cable into my PC and normal tone was heard, but NO drive letter is assigned to the drive.  In fact I couldn't find anywhere in my computer that the unit was even detected.  I Visa Ultimate 64-bit, I tried to uninstall the drivers in the Device Manager and rebooted and still no external drive, any suggestions?

  Konala Hello,

  Thank you for your response.

  If the external hard drive not detected below are some steps to solve the problem:
   
  You can check if the device is compatible with Windows Vista by visiting the Windows Vista Compatibility Center, which includes a list of drivers, hardware and applications that are compatible with Windows Vista.
   
  For reference, the link to the Windows Vista Compatibility Center is included below:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/
   
  Then, if the external hard drive is not detected in Device Manager, please check if the external drive is detected in the management of the computer:
   
  You can check this by going to: start then click on computer
  When it is connected and switched on, the drive should appear as a drive letter on the computer (ie: drive E:, F: or another letter.) An Autorun window may also appear if the drive is detected.
   
  If the external drive does not appear, please check the following:

  · Check the power supply and check if it works normally.
  · Check the wiring and check that the USB cable is plugged into a port. You can also try another USB port.
  · Check disk management to see if the drive is detected it:
   
  1. right click on computer, select manage, select disk management.
  2. check the upper and lower windows to find if the drive is detected.
   
  If the external hard drive is not detected, try to connect the external drive to another PC to check if the unit is working normally.
   
  Then please check if Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is installed currently.  If WVSP1 is not installed, you can try to install this service pack and check if the problem still persists.
   
  For reference, the link below contains information. about how to obtain the latest Windows Vista service pack:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/935791/
   
   
  The relay please status after the above steps so that we will offer any additional assistance.

  Engineer James Microsoft Support answers visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• My external hard drive is not recognized anymore

  I have windows 7 I have been using my external hard drive for a very long time.  All of a sudden when I plug in my external drive (free agent) it is nowhere.  The device works on other computers but not my main one more.  I don't know what to do.  Can anyone help?  Thank you

  Hi Pam,.

  Welcome to the Microsoft community!

  The external hard drive is not detected.

  The problem may occur if the drive letter is not affected or the hard drive is not enabled.

  What is the model of the unit?

  To check if the drive letter is affected or if the disk is turned on, I suggest you follow the steps in the site:

  My drive does not appear in the Windows Explorer view http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330140

   

  I hope this helps. If the problem persists, let know us and we would be happy to help you.

• IPhoto on the external hard drive will not launch despite the force quit and relaunch several times. Can someone help me?

  I have a MacBook from 2008. 4 years ago I moved my iPhoto on an external hard drive. I have thousands if photos on it. IPhoto on the external hard drive will not launch despite the force quit and relaunch several times. Can someone help me?

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  I moved my iPhoto on an external hard drive.

  Did you move the iPhoto library for the external hard drive or the iPhoto application, or both?

  How is formatted the external hard drive? Is the file system on the drive Mac OS extended (journaled) or other system files?  Is the drive directly connected by USB or similar, or is it a SIN?

  IPhoto on the external hard drive will not launch despite the force quit and relaunch several times.

  I don't understand - if you force quit smoking, launches the application, or you can not force it quit?

  IPhoto is suspended without doing anything, when you launch?

  What version of iPhoto does? And what version of Mac OS X?

• 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

• Seagate: the external hard drive is not displayed in my computer

  My seagate external hard drive does not show in my computer and also the Disk Manager but its shown in Device Manager. help out me. I have a lot of data in it.

  

  

  Nitesh salvation,

  Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Community forums.

  I understand from your description you have posted, that the external hard drive is not recognized by the computer of Windows 8.

  Before you continue with the troubleshooting steps, please answer the questions below.

  (1) have you checked with different ports or different computers?

  (2) remember to make changes before this problem?

  (3) you are able to detect the drive in disk management?

  I suggest to follow the steps below and check if the problem persists.

  Method 1: Run the troubleshooter of material and check out la.

  Follow the steps to run the Troubleshooter:

  (a) press the Windows key + C on your keyboard to show the charms.

  (b) type of Troubleshooting , and then click solving problems under settings.

  (c) now, type Hardware Troubleshooter in the option Search .

  (d) click on hardware store to run the troubleshooter.

  If you are able to detect the drive in disk management, I suggest you to assign a letter.

  Method 2: Assign drive letter:

  The disk management.

  To assign a drive letter if it has not already received, click Add, click the letter you want to use, and then click OK.
  To change a drive letter, click on edit, click on assign the following drive letter, click the letter you want to use and then click OK.

  To remove a drive letter, click on remove and then click Yes to confirm that you want to remove.

  You can also check out the article below and follow the instructions.

  Why isn't Windows does not find my device?

  Hope this information was helpful, if you need help, feel free to post. We will be happy to help you.

• my creative cloud is still on my hard drive.  I want my info only on the cloud not on my hard drive. How can I get all my info right on the cloud and turn off my hard drive?

  I have information on my drive and creative cloud.  How can I get this info off my hard drive and only in the cloud for my space on my drive hard is freed up?

  Thank you

  @mikeh95269662 - Yes, you can store files in Active CC but have not in your creation Cloud Files folder on your computer.

  Creative application Cloud Desktop open the Preferences and move from the general to the creative cloud tab tab. Then, under the creative cloud Apps tab switch to the files and sync on / off select disabled. This means that no files will be synchronized.

  You can access your files from https://assets.adobe.com/files for downloading and uploading.

  

• External hard drive will not eject

  As I encrypted my external hard drive, it does not stop running after I press eject. He disappears from the sidebar in the Finder, but it does not stop running. I deleted and connected it several times and the same thing happens every time. It can be dangerous to drive or is it OK to remove it even if it is still ongoing? Is there anyway to solve this problem so that he stops running when the ejection? Or is there an another way to delete if eject does not work? I have a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.9.5.

  One that you eject the disc and it disappears from the Finder, it's OK to disconnect/manually turn off the external drive.

• Toshiba ph3100u-1exb external Hard Drive will not stay On

  Hi all.

  I recently bought a Toshiba ph3100u-1exb 1.0 TB external hard drive. It works fine, but the problem that I am running is that it does not stay on for more than a few minutes. I don't know that its a kind of function, but if there is a way to turn it off, energy saving, I would have the accessible reader at all times, I use the information stored on it a little.

  When he died, I can always press the power button to bring it up, but I would like to have it on all the time. Is it at all possible to do? A setting on the drive, or even within Windows?

  I have the player hooked up through a USB cable, this PC is a little older and does not use for hard drives-eSATA cables.

  Hello

  In my opinion, the HARD drive must be checked with different computers and different OS (Vista, Win 7, Win XP). If the external HARD disk doesn't work using different systems and computers then it s definitely a HARD drive problem.

  I have 2 different external drives a HARD drive died and I had to replace it.
  In my opinion, if a HARD drive starts to malfunction then it s mostly a hardware related issue and there is nothing to replace the defective drive

• 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...

• TOSHIIBA external hard drive will not be displayed in "My computer" (Windows 7)

  Several months ago, I bought a Toshiba external hard drive and used to back up my laptop.  I have not used since then, but needed to recover a lost file today.  Unfortunately, when I plug the external hard drive, it will not be displayed in my computer.  When I connect, I get the sound that makes Windows when connect you something.  The hard drive turns on and I can feel it running.  But it does not appear in my computer.  If I go into the Device Manager and look under ' hard drives it appears as "USB device external Toshiba 3.0."  When it is offline, it does not appear in the list of disk drives in Device Manager.

  Advice how I can get to appear in 'My Computer' so I can actually access the files?  Thank you!

  Hello

  This problem may be caused by one of the following:

  (a) your player does not have a drive letter assigned in disk management

  (b) the drive may be disabled or offline

  (c) your USB driver is maybe corrupted

  Follow the steps in this Microsoft KB article troubleshooting and check if that helps:

  My drive does not appear in Windows Explorer

  https://support.Microsoft.com/kb/330140/en-us

  Registry warning

  
  

  To do: Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-GB/Windows/back-up-registry#1TC=Windows-7

  Also see this Toshiba support link:

  How to: Troubleshoot USB issues in Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista

  http://forums.Toshiba.com/T5/computer-troubleshooting/how-to-fix-USB-problems-in-Windows-8-Windows-7-and-Windows-Vista/Ta-p/283727

  I hope this helps. If you need help with Windows, let us know and will be happy to help you.

• Toshiba Canvio external hard drive does not.

  When I plug in my phone via USB, my computer (under Windows 7 Home) install the driver, but I cannot access the device. In Device Manager, it shows the hard drive, but is not a letter assigned, or he let me to assign a letter. I tried to plug it into the other USB ports, uninstalling the driver and reinstalling, unstalling the USB port and reinstall. When I connect the hard drive to my dish DVR, DVR recognizes. When I connect the device to my computer, it will be ding, but just not let my y access or modify anything on the hard drive.

  When I plug in my phone via USB, my computer (under Windows 7 Home) install the driver, but I cannot access the device. In Device Manager, it shows the hard drive, but is not a letter assigned, or he let me to assign a letter. I tried to plug it into the other USB ports, uninstalling the driver and reinstalling, unstalling the USB port and reinstall. When I connect the hard drive to my dish DVR, DVR recognizes. When I connect the device to my computer, it will be ding, but just not let my y access or modify anything on the hard drive.

  This is because it is formatted with some file systems that includes your DVR.

  Don't forget when you the connected to the dish DVR?  It probably went something like this:

  Step 1

  Connect the external hard drive to a source of electrical energy.

  Step 2

  Turn on the TV RECORDER and flat.

  Step 3

  Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB port on the back of the RECORDER from dish. Plug the other end of this cable into the USB port on the external hard drive. The DVR will recognize the new device and displays a message on the TV screen showing "USB storage must be reformatted to support the functionality of Dish Network."

  See that last part?  * Poof * will computer compatibility no doubt some additional efforts.  This isn't a Microsoft, Windows7, question etc.

  Since I think you think you have found an easy way to record TV shows and get them on the computer - here's the bad news...

  http://Forum.videohelp.com/threads/335396-dish-DVR-722-external-HD-to-PC

• External hard drive will not mount after the update of the Sierra

  Hi, I have an a Segate 1 TB external hard drive that I have with my MacBook Air. After upgrading to Mac OS Sierra, he refused to climb and is therefore invisible in the Finder. Disk utility detects the drive in NTFS initialized and said that all the space has been used. I tried to mount it first through disk utility, but it did nothing. Then I tried via terminal, but he returns "failed to mount. It worked fine before and also works very well on a MacBook Pro running Yosemite. It may be nothing to do with the player, as all files are intact when it is connected to the other Mac. Also, I restarted in Mac utilities and run from there disk utility, and it detected the drive, mounted and fully initialized, with the right amount of space being exhausted.

  I am looking for a solution that does not copy the files off and reformatting if possible, but I'll give it a go, if it comes to that. Thank you very much.

  Most likely your Seagate drivers are not updated.

  NTFS is most likely the culprit here.

  Go to the Seagate site and download and install the latest drivers for your drive and NTFS.

  You can start here... http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/007770en?language=en_US & key = ka03 A000000tzbeQAA & k = n & wwwlocale = en - us

  Hope this helps, Greg