USB (external hard drive) device no power down / off when safely removed in Windows 7

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  I have downloaded all windows xp service pack updates and updated my bios. Don't know what to do now.

  Please help and thank you in advance!

  Hello

  Although sometimes, I know that the OS is not able to recognize the external USB device, because the device external USB (HDD) consumes more energy than the 500mA.
  The USB ports provide 500mA power and if the device needs more power so it s is not possible for the Windows operating system to recognize the external device.
  You have an external power supply for the USB HDD? You should use it.

  Good bye

• Computer laptop (Vista) does not take account any new working USB external hard drive

  Hello, I'm under the latest version of Windows Vista Edition Home Premium on a Dell XPS M1210 and spin in the problems with the connection of my second USB external hard drive. In other words, when I plug the drive (a Seagate expansion 1 TB), nothing happens. Literally nothing, no notification of installation of the driver, no sound is played stating that the system recognized the device, no new entry in post working or disk management. I connected this drive on another computer running Windows 7 and it worked without a problem, so I do not suspect the problem to lie in the hard drive, but with my computer. My other external hard drive USB, a Maxtor Basics Portable 250 GB, works perfectly, but there more than two years. I bought the 1 TB Seagate as a backup and an upgrade, but I plan to go back now that there is nothing more than a big black Clipboard with a green LED clear too much room. What can I do about it?

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  Most likely, there is not enough power for the USB port of your machine to the external device do recognize. As a test I would have you test the issue on another USB plug.
   
  I recommend you contact you either OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) or the manufacturer of the motherboard if it is a machine of casting House and get the latest chipset drivers for your motherboard.
   
  Updated a hardware driver that is not working properly
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly
   
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• Response speed - USB external hard drive

  Hello

  I have W7 Professional (32 bit) installed on an Acer Ferrari 5000 with 4 GB of RAM. I have a 1 TB WD My Book USB external hard drive connected via USB.

  When I access the drive to play an Explorer of W7 film shows my folder & first screen load files instantly, but then the green progress under the full path bar direcory slowly starts to move across the screen and may take up to 3 minutes to stop. Durning his time my pc performace Marc everything stop. The video load but Windows Media Watch does not respond and the hourglass (or a circle in W7) shows the application as it is busy. Finally, video begins to play but jumps several images at once, even if the sound is fine. After about a minute the video started playing at double speed, befire the entire process repeats itself until it catches up with the sound and the video will play very well for about 10 minutes.

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  I see a lot of people in this forum have problems with W7 64 bit, but there is no mention of 32-bit issues. Also there never was problems with the device was detected or is not accessible - gal just access the device. My only job is about from the drive to copy the movie on my laptop and play it from there - which kind of defeated the purpose.

  I left a similar post on the WD website, which so far had no response. Is it a question of W7/USB? Any other ideas would be useful.

  Hello

  I have W7 Professional (32 bit) installed on an Acer Ferrari 5000 with 4 GB of RAM. I have a 1 TB WD My Book USB external hard drive connected via USB.

  When I access the drive to play an Explorer of W7 film shows my folder & first screen load files instantly, but then the green progress under the full path bar direcory slowly starts to move across the screen and may take up to 3 minutes to stop. Durning his time my pc performace Marc everything stop. The video load but Windows Media Watch does not respond and the hourglass (or a circle in W7) shows the application as it is busy. Finally, video begins to play but jumps several images at once, even if the sound is fine. After about a minute the video started playing at double speed, befire the entire process repeats itself until it catches up with the sound and the video will play very well for about 10 minutes.

  Videos are not damaged (I can play my portable hard drive very well), the device signals healthy in the WD diagnostic tool and the firmare for the device is up to date (on the WD site).

  I see a lot of people in this forum have problems with W7 64 bit, but there is no mention of 32-bit issues. Also there never was problems with the device was detected or is not accessible - gal just access the device. My only job is about from the drive to copy the movie on my laptop and play it from there - which kind of defeated the purpose.

  I left a similar post on the WD website, which so far had no response. Is it a question of W7/USB? Any other ideas would be useful.

  Speed on USB hard drives is relatively slow at first. You are looking at maximum read anywhere between 25 and 32MBs speed if the CPU is not do much else at the time. Supported playback mode tend to transfer bog down over time, as the fragmentation of the file. USB is convenient but firewire and eSATA are faster and faster.

• 250 GB USB external hard drive is compatible with Mac OS x on an iBook G4?

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• Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex USB external hard drive problem

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  Hi Philippe,.

  Welcome to the Microsoft Community and thank you for the post about it

  It seems that when you connect an external hard drive Seagate USB to your computer, there is no indication in the drive. I appreciate the action that you tried to solve the problem.

  I would like to know the following information.

  (1) what version of Windows is currently installed on your computer?
  (2) have you tried to connect the hard drive to other USB ports?
  (3) you are able to use other USB devices?

  I suggest you to connect the hard drive to another computer and check.

  Your answers are important to us, please write to us with the requested information so that we can help more.

• I enable sharing of external hard drive and it works. So when I got the pc power down is no longer share external hard drive. I have to reactivate every time sharing and reset the library wmp it becomes very old.

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• 5OO GIG undetected USB external HARD drive

  Original title: 5OO GIG EXTERNAL HARD drive USB device

  System is unable to load the external hard drive.  The hard drive lights to indicate power, but the system does not show the joining, so I can't load anything on it.  Any ideas?

  Hello

  -The problem occurs on all USB devices and ports?
  -Don't you make changes to your computer, after which the issue started?
  -What operating system is installed on your computer?

  I recommend you follow the steps in these links that talk of a similar question.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-hardware/USB-hubs-not-recognized-in-Windows-7/2147865a-6e2f-46a0-b996-2999aabe9ab6
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-hardware/external-drive-is-not-recognized-in-Windows-7/3461b4fd-8e6b-44b2-8c73-aba682a4275e

• 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:

  Log name: System
  Source: disk
  Date: 05/06/2013-08:27:46
  Event ID: 11
  Task category: no
  Level: error
  Keywords: Classic
  User: n/a
  Computer: SERVER.xyz.intranet
  Description:
  The driver has detected an error of the controller on \Device\Harddisk1\DR7.
  The event XML:
  
   
     
      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:
  How to troubleshoot the error messages about event ID 9 and event ID 11
  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.

• Cannot access 250 GB Toshiba USB external hard drive

  Hello

  I'm unable to access my 250 GB USB hard drive. It gives an error that it detects hardware & gives a pop for Cypress AT2LP RC58 driver & research updates on internet & then error is "cannot install the hardware, the hardware was not installed because the wizard did not find the necessary software."

  Any help will be much appreciated.
  Please let me know for any info.
  Thank you very much!!!
  Concerning
  Harish S

  Hello

  Seems that the external HARD disk drive cannot be recognized because of the driver problem.
  What you could do to disconnect the USB of ALL devices and open Device Manager.
  Then choose the display command, show hidden devices and uninstall all devices under USB controllers. Reboot the laptop.
  After restarting again the operating system must install USB drivers again and you could test whether the external HARD drive can be connected as well.

  I have goggled a bit and found a few interesting statement abut Cypress AT2LP RC58. It seems that the HARD drive is ok but sometimes the HARD drive cover and the interface connector would be malfunctions and so this problem would happen.

  But these are only suggestions if you want to try for Cypress AT2LP RC58 goggle and see for yourself.

  Best regards

• Windows 8 and USB external hard drives

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• Satellite L300-110 USB external hard drive is no longer detected

  I used my external hard drive via a USB connection for a while normally, I wanted to remove most of his files and only keep my important files. After I restarted my laptop it now is no longer detected

  My external hard drive model is HTS54101 0G9SA00
  Connected via a storage drive HARD Portable USB 2.0 Phillips

  The USB ports are ok, I plugged a USB optical mouse through them and it works, and sometimes the LED on the Phillips turns red with still no detection of my laptop.

  Please advise, I lost my mobile hard disk of 100 gega?

  Sounds like the hard drive has failed.

  The only thing I can think that you can try is to update your Chipset drivers. I don't know if this will fix the problem even if, as you have pointed out that the machine can detect other USB devices already.

• USB external hard drive stopped working

  I use Vista Home Basic Edition on a Dell Inspiron 1525.  I use a WD external hard drive for storage (almost a year) and it has been fine until today.  All of a sudden he disappeared.  At microsoft I used the fix tool and it said: relocation that the driver can solve - I say yes - device driver comes up saying installed successfully - but the disc puts to work continuously until I have unplug the USB or turn off.  Then everything went again.  I tried a dozen times, but it's always the same.  The only new thing that was installed today was a color laser printer & I don't see why that would stop the hd.  Any help or thoughts would be greatly appreciated as I need my data!

  Hello KBS406,

  Have you tried using a different USB Port? It maybe your H.D. must be assigned a letter given that your printer may have replaced it, itself when you install.     How to change a drive letter: to change an existing drive letter on a drive, on a partition, or a volume, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.
  2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click performance and Maintenance.
  3. Click Administrative Tools, double-click computer management, and then click disk management in the left pane.
  4. Right click on the drive, the partition, the logical drive or volume that you want to assign a drive letter to and then click change drive letter and paths.
  5. Click change.
  6. Click assign the following drive letter if it is not already selected, click the drive letter that you want to use, and then click OK.
  7. Click Yes when you are prompted to confirm the drive letter change.

  The letter of the drive, partition, or volume that you specified is changed, and the new drive letter is displayed in the appropriate drive, partition, or volume in the disk management tool.

  Hope this helps you. Let us know anyway. Make it a great day!

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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

   
  Method 2:
  If the problem persists, try to uninstall and reinstall the USB controllers and check.
   

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

  Bus USB controllers b) Expand .

  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:
  If the problem is not resolved, you can try to connect the hard drive to another computer and check.
   
  Let us know if it helps.

• HP Pavilion 15 laptop: Need help, PC laptop HP Pavilion 15 could not boot from USB external hard drive.

  My desktop HP Pavilion P7-1074 4.5 years computer dropped last week. Planed to get a replacement on Black Friday or the day after Christmas. But I have to run some programs inside hard drve to the desktop computer. So I have attatched hard disk dive from my desktop to my laptop HP Pavilion 15 USB port with an enclosure.

  The laptop would recognize the external hard drive as a SYSTEM (F 62.2 MB of free space of 97.9 MB, OS (GTB-free 1.11 of 1.35 TB and HP_RECOVERY (H 1.33 GB free of 11.0 GB.))) But I couldn't find the program I want to run.

  I went into the BIOS to set the boot order to boot from USB first, but I could not get the result I expected. The laptop still start on its own hard drive. I tried all three USB ports, no one works.

  Could someone help me please?

  Thank you very much!

  Hi @db69613,

  Welcome to the HP forums! It's a great way to engage, ask questions and find resolutions by working with specialists from the community of HP. I understand that you need assistance with your desktop computer HARD drive that is connected to your laptop via the USB port. I'll be happy to help you with this.

  I'm just surprised at the levels of technical knowledge and technical skills that your possession. Hats off to you for this. It was very clever of you! It has been a privilege to have shared this platform with you and work with you.

  First of all, programs of a different version or windows session will not work on another computer as it was installed on the computer of origin at this time. It is an installation and application software, to the difference of the data or information that is accessible by any computer when the hard drive is connected. It is because no software installation binds the application of this specific operating system installed on this specific to the time machine.

  If the computer does not and the hard drive is accessible, all the content (such as music, photos, videos, and other information are accessible), but the programs have been installed originally are not available and will not work on any other computer when it is connected to the outside.

  However, if the hard drive works fine, windows is correctly installed, then the same hard disk can be installed on another PC of office and some of the programs should work ideally.

  I hope this helps! Please let me know how it goes. I really hope that the issue is fixed without hassle.

  To simply say thank you, please click the "Thumbs Up" button for appreciate my efforts. If it helps, please mark this as "'Solution Accepted". " If you need more assistance let me know and I will gladly do whatever I can to help.

  Please take care now and have a wonderful week ahead.