External HDD Does Not Appear?
Feb 10, 2011
I have recently had a problem with Externalk HDD's. When I plug one into any of my three USB ports, it does not auto run, nor is it displayed if I click "computer" in the start menu. If I go to "my devices" however the HDD is there, I just can't access it. how to see it in "computer". This occurs regardless of which HDD I connect (I have tried three which all work on other laptops) and this has only just started happening, it was fine two weeks ago.
Incidentally I also have two pen drives which both work fine, are displayed ok and autorun works.
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Sep 10, 2011
I have a problem someone here might be able to throw some light on.
I am trying to format an external 80gb hdd in fat 32, and it keeps stopping saying "hdd too large" i have tried different ways with no joy
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Oct 2, 2012
cannot access external HDDs connected via USB. The Device Manager shows a device. Under "Properties, Volume, polulate" it shows a zero capacity however. There is no letter (in "my computer") assigned to any drive I connect. Diskmanager does show it but as "not initialised". The attempt to initialise it returns "not ready".
PS: ALL HDDs do show in Kubuntu. So I'd exclude a hardware problem. HDDs are formatted in journalised ext3/4 as well as NTFS/FAT32. Should at least show FAT32/NTFS drives and partitions, shouldn't it?
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Sep 7, 2012
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Nov 25, 2011
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Jul 11, 2012
I have an external hdd that is not recognized by only one of my 3 PCs.I have tried going through control panel>admin tools>computer mgt>storage>disk mgt as well as hardware devices route and the PC still cannot see the HDD.I have tried other ext hdd's with this PC and it sees them with no problem
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Now on Windows 7, the system will not let me properly eject the drive even though the Task Manager shows that I have no applications open on the computer. Each time I try, whether from the taskbar icon or the Devices window, it gives the message that the device cannot be ejected at this time because it's in use. As DaPiit said, this is really annoying because attaching and ejecting USB devices is something I do many times per day! The Windows 7 is not on my machine - I still run WinXP, and this more than anything else is making me REALLY consider finally switching to a Mac instead. (And I've been a Windows user for over 15 years...)
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Feb 24, 2011
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Jan 29, 2012
I'm running Windows 7 64 bit and when I connect an external HDD sometimes it shows and sometimes it doesnt. I work a lot with external HDD's plugged into one or all of my front USB ports and there doesnt seem to be any consistency to when it shows in the computer tree. Between this and autoplay not working it feels like Windows 7 has taken an enormous leap backwards.
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Feb 2, 2012
This has been a problem since moving to a Windows 7 64 bit machine.
I plug a HDD into an external USB and...nothing. Not listed in the computer "tree" when I go to administrative tools/Disk management it is not listed, and in the bottom tray there is no icon to safely eject the drive, as if it isnt even there. It is spinning though so I am afraid to unplug it lest I corrupt info on the drive.
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Feb 10, 2012
I cannot connect any external HDDs to my PC. No ports (front or rear) works. Pen drives, Keyboard, Smart phones, Cameras etc works Not working in Windows 7, Ubuntu The Hdds are working in other PCs even ones with lower power supplies The HDD worked when I used a Y cable( 2 usb male ports). I connected the Data port to my PC and power port to my laptop. The device(s) are in perfect condition. Working in all other PCs. The sound of detection is coming form PC and light comes up in the HDD but no device in My computer. There is no drive detected in device management. Check my spec in Profile I got a rating of 640w from VBUtils i have 700W supply.
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Feb 11, 2012
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Feb 12, 2012
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Feb 22, 2012
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The drive letter will not show itself under my computer, so I cannot format quickly; which isn't terrible, because I plan to encrypt it with Truecrypt. But both Truecrypt and Easeus are only able to detect 2TB, not the full 3. I have even gone to cmd and ran diskscan, but that will only show 2TB. I understand that it's a whole disk size issue; but I've read that some people see two separate partitions, that equal 3, but I don't even get that.
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