Unable to connect the WD external hard drive

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  I'm unable to map to my external hard drive that I use for backup of three computers, the drive is connected to a desktop computer, I'm trying to map the drive on your laptop and it ask again me a network user name and password that I don't have, I tried all of the username and password in my arsenal and none of them work , I did not create my network with a password. can someone help me please.

  Hi CharlesToney-Jones,

  You can follow the steps described in the connection with the similar question:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-Networking/cannot-connect-to-wireless-external-drive/3802350b-AAD9-4980-bead-8ef3a2ef1fea

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_xp-files/what-is-the-most-efficient-way-to-save-software-to/310cc5c2-3cfd-4936-9c2b-3e8b5250a290

• EA4500 - unstable connection to my external hard drive from Seagate Freeagent

  Hello

  I would be very grateful if someone can help solve the problem captioned.

  I bought the EA4500 for a week and all is well, except that the connection to my external hard drive 1 TB via the USB port of the EA4500 is not stable.

  The router are visible at the level of the 'network' of Windows 7, as one of the "Computer".   I therefore use my memeo autobackup software to back up my data via a network connection on the external hard drive.

  It works very well, however, for a limited time.  The time is a few hours.

  After that happens, the device can no longer be seen at the level of the "network".  In addition, it cannot be mapped via the service 'road map' normal.  A "Not enough resources" error when I want to map the drive.

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  Can someone help me solve this problem?

  Thanks in advance.

  What is the ip address of your router buffalo? 192.168.11.1?

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• AutoPlay does not work when it is connected to an external hard drive

  My system is installed with Vista. Lately I noticed that whenever I connect an external hard drive/USB or load a DVD. the AutoPlay function does not work. I tried to make changes via the Panel control, but without success. to access the device, I opened MY computer and open the unit. Please help how can I reset the auto run System. Thank you.

  Have you tried the "Reset all default settings" button in the control panel?

  See if it helps:

  Reading auto/AutoRun not working do not or not missing not open in Windows Vista
  http://www.mydigitallife.info/autoplayautorun-not-working-or-missing-not-open-in-Windows-Vista/

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• Cannot open the USB external hard drive

  Original title: Hard drive

  I can't open the disk external hard usb and the device can see the list of devices and printer as 'USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge '.

  Hello

  1. What is the exactly say by "device can see the list of devices and printer as"USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge""?
  2. do you receive any error messages?
  3. did you of recent changes on the computer before this problem?
  4. were you able to open and use the external hard drive USB before?
  5. try to connect the external hard drive to a different USB port and check.
  6. are you able to access other USB devices with success?
  Method 1:
  I suggest you to run the fixit available at the following link.

  Hardware devices do not work or are not detected in Windows
  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/en-us

   
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  (a) click Start, type Device Manager in the start search box and press enter.

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  Note You need to scroll the list to find this point.

  (c) right-click the first USB controller under Bus USB controllers and then click Uninstall to remove it.

  step d) precedes the repeat for each USB controller 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.

  You can check the link for more information:

  Updated a hardware driver that is not working properly
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly

  Method 3:
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  I don't know why MS did not propose it again for this thread as the more obvious thing to check, but there you have it. Something simple and quick to check that could save you some frustration.

• Unable to transfer data to external hard drive from El Capital upgrade

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  Hello

  Thank you for posting.

  I suggest you to contact the manufacturer of the device. They should be able to help you.

  Check out the link

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• Windows could not complete the format (external hard drive)

  I use windows 7 64 bit and my external hard drive crashed and has converted his car to RAW format rather than NTFS

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  I also tried to use the disk management format and changed to an optimal device

  And also I tried using diskpart.exe

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  Hello
   
  
  could a. you give us the exact error message and the error code, if any?
  b. what commands did you tried the diskpart utility?
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  d. also try to format the drive on another computer and check.
  
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  For more information, refer to the article below.
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• Not able to recognize the Mac external HARD drive in Windows 7?

  When I plug in my external HARD drive friend formatted in Mac, window recognizes a new device, but the drive does not appear in Explorer winndow.

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  Thanks in advance for your suggestions

  I don't know why someone marked the message confused and imprecise by Ganesh B aissa as response - please fix this.
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  For OS X native file system is HFS +, it is unreadable by Windows natively.   If the drive is formatted in HFS + you might be able to read with tools 3rd party.
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  In general, if you plan to use an external hard drive on a PC and MAC, it may be preferable to use the FAT32 format which support two operating systems.

• Best practices to eliminate the USB external hard drives

  Hello

  I wonder what is the best way to disconnect an external hard drive to USB powered.

  The first thing to do is of course, use the "safely remove hardware and eject Media" next to the clock.

  But, after that do you unplug the power or USB cord first?

  The reason why I ask, is that I noticed the following error in the system event log:

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  Source: disk
  Date: 05/06/2013-08:27:46
  Event ID: 11
  Task category: no
  Level: error
  Keywords: Classic
  User: n/a
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      11
      2
      0
      0 x 80000000000000
     
      215889
      System
      SERVER.xyz.intranet
     
   
   
      \Device\Harddisk1\DR7
      0E04800001000000000000000B0004C003010000000000000000000000082D00000000000000000057CFCF0100000000FFFFFFFF060000005800000000000000FF0006120C000010000000003C000000000000000000000000C2431080FAFFFF0000000000000000607A2D2180FAFFFF0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
   
  

  I have run chkdsk on the drive and everything seems fine.

  Thank you

  Hi Simon,.

  I suggest you to disconnect the power cord and then remove the USB cable.

  For more help with the ID:9 of the event, see the following link:
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  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/314093
  Note: Suggestions in the article above also applies to Windows 7.

  If you have any other questions, answer here and we will be happy to help you.

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  Jim01403:

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• Can't see the new external hard drive connected to my iMac for my MacBook?

  Hi all

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  File sharing on and everything seems normal.

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• How to transfer Time Machine backup to the new external hard drive

  I'm upgrading to a 1 hard external to the Western reader to with 5 TB of Seagate.  This is because Time Machine has used the 1 TB drive.  How can I transfer the files from backup Time Machine from the old to the new drive so that backups continue to have access to the old files.

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  Launch disk utility, open the built-in Help and search for the term 'Double '. Follow the instructions. All existing data on the destination volume will be deleted. That shouldn't be a problem, because you do not want to mix non-sauvegarde and backup data on the same drive anyway.

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  I made a disk image of my C drive on a Windows 7 computer.  I restored this image on a larger drive that I installed in the place and place the image drive.  I installed the image drive (old c) in a usb enclosure and connected to the computer.  It does not appear in the disk as a letter volume manager.  It appears however as disc 3.  When I run DiskPart and check the id, it has the same id as the new C: drive but I can't change it.  Any suggestions on my situation would be appreciated.

  Original title: problem with USB

  Hi Gordon,.

  This problem occurs when the drive letter is not assigned to the player. Windows typically assigns a letter of the alphabet to most readers. We will try to assign the letter drive manually. You can assign any letter to a drive too long that the letter is not already used by another reader.

  I suggest you to assign the drive letter to the USB drive and check if it helps.

  Check out the link:

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  Hope this information helps. Answer the post with an up-to-date issue report to help you further.