Re: USB Hard drive problem

Seany wrote:
Hi,
I have an 80G portable hard drive which I can't seem to access
anymore. When I plug it into my laptop, the laptop recognises a
portable USB device has been plugged in but the device does not appear
under my computer. I've tried everthing I can think of....rebooting,
using the troubleshooter in the 'safely remove hardware' panel. I
really don't want to re-format the drive as I have a lot of work stuff
and more importantly music stored on it! The laptop usb ports work as
other devices work fine.
HELP please!!

Thanks
Seany


This could be a number of things, nackered disk, broken electronics etc etc. easiest way to find out is to take the disk out of the usb caddy and plug it straight into the computers internal ide interface and see if it shows up in the bios and in your operating system. if it is a 2.5" hard disk, you will probably need an adapter, you can usually pick these up off ebay for a couple of quid.
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