trifield
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 12:24 PM |
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New external hard drive not recognised
After having had a major problem with home PC crashing earlier this year (and nearly losing all the data on it) I bought an external IDE HD enclosure
and a 164GB IDE hard drive in order to keep everything backed up safely.
The problem I have is that when I install the new hard drive, the PC recognises it in the system tool bar as a USB mass storage device (complete with
HD), but the PC doesn't show that there is an additional external Disk (E
I have tried an old 3.5GB disk and it recognises this and shows up as an external (E drive.
Does this mean the new HD is faulty? I have the jumpers set as 'Master' and also tried fitting HD into the PC as a slave and setting
jumpers accordingly but it still isn't recognised.
As the HD is new do I have to do something else to kick it into life?
Any suggestions / advice greatly appreciated.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 12:27 PM |
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look up the driver download on the web and reinstall it, most makes offer them free
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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graememk
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 12:27 PM |
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sounds like you havent formatted the new drive.
follow this link it shows you how to do it.
http://www.jakeludington.com/hadware_upgrades/20040909_diy_external_hard_drive.html
[Edited on 30/9/08 by graememk]
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l0c0st
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 12:30 PM |
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I had a similar problem recently. I hadn't assigned a drive letter for it. Right click "my computer" to get to disk management if
i remember correctly.
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RoadkillUK
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 12:34 PM |
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second Graeme's reply, you need to format it.
I've just done a quick google and assuming you are using XP, follow
THIS LINK and halfway down the page, it will explain
with pictures how to format it.
Roadkill - Lee
www.bradford7.co.uk
Latest Picture (14 Sept 2014)
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 12:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by graememk
sounds like you havent formatted the new drive.
follow this link it shows you how to do it.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial116.html#create
[Edited on 30/9/08 by graememk]
yeah but won't that delete everything on the disk?!
he did say he'd -
bought an external IDE HD enclosure and a 164GB IDE hard drive in order to keep everything backed up safely...
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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graememk
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 12:35 PM |
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a new hard drive needs formating first before you use it so assuming that its got nothing on it there wont be anything to lose.
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trifield
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 12:44 PM |
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OK guys,
I have done as as Graememk said and it looks like I needed to format the external HD correctly.
I followed the link he showed and everything now working!
Many thanks for the ultra quick responses
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graememk
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 12:46 PM |
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ok i'll need your address as i'm not sure where to send the invoice
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ravingfool
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| posted on 30/9/08 at 01:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by graememk
ok i'll need your address as i'm not sure where to send the invoice
LOL
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