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  • yamar1
    DK Veteran
    • Sep 2008
    • 970

    #1

    external hard drive not there

    Good morning to all,, iv just got a freecom 500gb external hard drive and i cant see it in the my computer screen where it should be. It installed fine it is a samsung HD502IJ drive inside. I can also hear it spinning etc and its there in device manager under disk drives but not on the my computer screen. Im probly missing something simple so help appreciated.
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  • Dirty Dog
    Newbie
    • Nov 2009
    • 15

    #2
    What are you running... XP, Vista, 7.... ?

    Are you certain the USB port is working.....?

    Do you have anything else you can test it on.....?

    Anything else you can plug into the USB port.....?

    Is the USB support on the machine 1.1 or 2.0.....?

    Just a few things for you to look at.....

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    • digger555
      Newbie
      • Dec 2009
      • 1

      #3
      Ensure the external hdd is set as a master in the caddy/enclosure, not as a slave.... plug n play should then find it.

      If its a driver issue? set the wizard to look in the WINDOWS/inf folder

      post back with more info plz

      dig5

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      • yamar1
        DK Veteran
        • Sep 2008
        • 970

        #4
        sorted, im running vista, had to richt click computer in the start menu, then click manage and assign the drive a name, then format it. working fine now it was for my wii.
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