you must be kidding. i transferred my most valuable stuff onto that hard
drive from all three of my computers. is there anyway to replace it?


--
iownstan

The data will still be on the hard disk platter, but if the drive has
failed only a data recovery specialist will be able to open the drive in
clean room conditions and read it. This will not be cheap.

If data is valuable or important to you, at least two separate copies on
different drives are needed. A disk can fail at any time, but usually
they either fail within the first month or so or go on working for
years. Most do not fail, but may eventually develop faults or become too
small.

External drives are good for the second security copy. If you don't want
to leave the primary copy on the computer you need two drives.



On 12/07/2009 14:56, iownstan wrote:
you must be kidding. i transferred my most valuable stuff onto that hard
drive from all three of my computers. is there anyway to replace it?

i think this should do the trick.

'External hard drive not showing in my computer - TechSpot OpenBoards'
(http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic26403.html)

but, what am i supposed to unmap? drive E does not show up for me.


--
iownstan

Have you tried connecting another USB device to the port you are using for
the HDD. I suspect that you may have a USB driver problem.
I don't expect that the 5 year old post linked to will help with Vista.

"iownstan" wrote in message
...

i think this should do the trick.

'External hard drive not showing in my computer - TechSpot OpenBoards'
(http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic26403.html)

but, what am i supposed to unmap? drive E does not show up for me.


--
iownstan

"iownstan" wrote in message
...

i could only re-letter my C and D drives in disk management.


--
iownstan

How many physical CD/DVD drives does your computer have? You image shows 5
along with 4 different "removable devices."

Can you post an image of the Disk Management screen? Stretch it out and
position it so that all the drives show in the (gray) section, numbering the
drives 0 to whatever. Also attempt to show as much of the white drive area
above it.

Curious;1087599 Wrote:
Have you tried connecting another USB device to the port you are using
for
the HDD. I suspect that you may have a USB driver problem.
I don't expect that the 5 year old post linked to will help with Vista.

"iownstan" wrote in message
...

i think this should do the trick.

'External hard drive not showing in my computer - TechSpot
OpenBoards'
('External hard drive not showing in my computer - TechSpot
OpenBoards' (http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic26403.html))

but, what am i supposed to unmap? drive E does not show up for me.


--
iownstan

i know i have an extra USB cable lying around somewhere, but not sure
where it is at the moment. i'll let you know if that works, when i find
the USB.

LVTravel;1087600 Wrote:
"iownstan" wrote in message
...

i could only re-letter my C and D drives in disk management.


--
iownstan How many physical CD/DVD drives does your computer have? You image
shows 5
along with 4 different "removable devices."

Can you post an image of the Disk Management screen? Stretch it out
and
position it so that all the drives show in the (gray) section,
numbering the
drives 0 to whatever. Also attempt to show as much of the white
drive area
above it.

[image:
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...anagement.jpg]


--
iownstan

Hard drive failure isn't that uncommon. It could simply be the interface
between the case and the HD or it could be the HD itself. When you went
into disk part and checked it with the commands that confirmed that your
hard drive is more then likely FUBAR as long as it's in that case.

disk part
show disk

It doesn't care about partitions or formats, it only cares that a drive
is recognized and that it's able to pass the information about its size
to the computer. Try the HD on another computer (if you have another, if
not a friends) and if it works, then the problem is on your computer. If
it doesn't, crack open the case the HD is in and either put it in a new
case or inside your computer and see if the HD is still good.


--
truthkid

"iownstan" wrote in message
...

Curious;1087599 Wrote:
Have you tried connecting another USB device to the port you are using
for
the HDD. I suspect that you may have a USB driver problem.
I don't expect that the 5 year old post linked to will help with Vista.

"iownstan" wrote in message
...

i think this should do the trick.

'External hard drive not showing in my computer - TechSpot
OpenBoards'
('External hard drive not showing in my computer - TechSpot
OpenBoards' (http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic26403.html))

but, what am i supposed to unmap? drive E does not show up for me.


--
iownstan

i know i have an extra USB cable lying around somewhere, but not sure
where it is at the moment. i'll let you know if that works, when i find
the USB.

LVTravel;1087600 Wrote:
"iownstan" wrote in message
...

i could only re-letter my C and D drives in disk management.


--
iownstan How many physical CD/DVD drives does your computer have?
You image
shows 5
along with 4 different "removable devices."

Can you post an image of the Disk Management screen? Stretch it out
and
position it so that all the drives show in the (gray) section,
numbering the
drives 0 to whatever. Also attempt to show as much of the white
drive area
above it.

[image:
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...anagement.jpg]


--
iownstan

OK, thanks for the image, now how many physical DVD drives do you have in
the computer?

There is a chance it is the cable but I more expect the driver or host
connection to be the problem. Do you have any other USB device such as a
printer or flash drive or camera that you replace the HDD with at the end of
the existing cable and see if it will work.

"iownstan" wrote in message
...

Curious;1087599 Wrote:
Have you tried connecting another USB device to the port you are using
for
the HDD. I suspect that you may have a USB driver problem.
I don't expect that the 5 year old post linked to will help with Vista.

"iownstan" wrote in message
...

i think this should do the trick.

'External hard drive not showing in my computer - TechSpot
OpenBoards'
('External hard drive not showing in my computer - TechSpot
OpenBoards' (http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic26403.html))

but, what am i supposed to unmap? drive E does not show up for me.


--
iownstan

i know i have an extra USB cable lying around somewhere, but not sure
where it is at the moment. i'll let you know if that works, when i find
the USB.

LVTravel;1087600 Wrote:
"iownstan" wrote in message
...

i could only re-letter my C and D drives in disk management.


--
iownstan How many physical CD/DVD drives does your computer have?
You image
shows 5
along with 4 different "removable devices."

Can you post an image of the Disk Management screen? Stretch it out
and
position it so that all the drives show in the (gray) section,
numbering the
drives 0 to whatever. Also attempt to show as much of the white
drive area
above it.

[image:
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...anagement.jpg]


--
iownstan

i tried my other desktop, but it wouldn't appear there either. so, i
tried the laptop (the last time it worked), and it was there!

what's the problem?


--
iownstan