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2nd Hard-Drive - Not Recognized
Recently, I tried adding an external hard-drive which is PnP (Plug n Play) -
My system NEVER recognized it despite numerous different tries at installation. I returned the drive, (thinking it was defective) and the "new" unit also would not be recognized - it shows as an, "mass storage device" but won't allow me to assign a drive letter to it. I finally gave up on that - and figure IF I purchased a conventional Internal hard-drive., that I'd be able to finally back-up my files. No Joy !!! Figuring an INTERNAL New Hard Drive might be the solution., I purchased - a WD., SATA 500 Gig Drive. This also is not recognized by the computer software. Spent 3 plus hours with a technician last night - tried updating the Bios., the Chipset., The CD which came with the Drive - for some reason won't open and I get an error message saying that I must "not" have Adobe ... (Which I do have...) We tried formatting the Disk., tried assigning different drive letters., disabled the other drives-(Media Card Reader and the USB for Printer). No Joy ... This is just NUTS ... The computer recognizes the drive - but the software (Windows VISTA - somewhere - somehow) has some "issues" .. and the technician that I talked with personally has VISTA with three extra drives and has NEVER had this problem !! I don't know what to do ... I've got hours and hours into this trying to cure it .... The Drives I purchased now amount to several hundred bucks .. and right now they're just "great" for sinkers for fishing .. for all they're worth.... When I go to the MSN website - it's what ? $59 an hour - on a 6 month old computer - with VISTA in it .. and I don't think I'm the only one with these issues ......that it doesn't allow me to back up my work since the software (VISTA) requires a "Drive letter that's recognized" to assign a place for the backup to "go to" ....... I feel more like a victim than a client. |
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2nd Hard-Drive - Not Recognized
Does it show up in Disk Management?
Start - Control Panel - System and Maintenance - Administrative Tools - Computer Management. From there select Disk Management from the list on the left hand side. -- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/ http://www.windowsresource.net/ *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail* "fly_fishr" wrote in message news Recently, I tried adding an external hard-drive which is PnP (Plug n Play) - My system NEVER recognized it despite numerous different tries at installation. I returned the drive, (thinking it was defective) and the "new" unit also would not be recognized - it shows as an, "mass storage device" but won't allow me to assign a drive letter to it. I finally gave up on that - and figure IF I purchased a conventional Internal hard-drive., that I'd be able to finally back-up my files. No Joy !!! Figuring an INTERNAL New Hard Drive might be the solution., I purchased - a WD., SATA 500 Gig Drive. This also is not recognized by the computer software. Spent 3 plus hours with a technician last night - tried updating the Bios., the Chipset., The CD which came with the Drive - for some reason won't open and I get an error message saying that I must "not" have Adobe ... (Which I do have...) We tried formatting the Disk., tried assigning different drive letters., disabled the other drives-(Media Card Reader and the USB for Printer). No Joy ... This is just NUTS ... The computer recognizes the drive - but the software (Windows VISTA - somewhere - somehow) has some "issues" .. and the technician that I talked with personally has VISTA with three extra drives and has NEVER had this problem !! I don't know what to do ... I've got hours and hours into this trying to cure it .... The Drives I purchased now amount to several hundred bucks .. and right now they're just "great" for sinkers for fishing .. for all they're worth.... When I go to the MSN website - it's what ? $59 an hour - on a 6 month old computer - with VISTA in it .. and I don't think I'm the only one with these issues ......that it doesn't allow me to back up my work since the software (VISTA) requires a "Drive letter that's recognized" to assign a place for the backup to "go to" ....... I feel more like a victim than a client. |
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2nd Hard-Drive - Not Recognized
Open the Start Menu, right-click on Computer
and select Manage. Click on Disk Management. From the Toolbar select Action Rescan Disks. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User --------------------------------------------------------------- "fly_fishr" wrote in message news Recently, I tried adding an external hard-drive which is PnP (Plug n Play) - My system NEVER recognized it despite numerous different tries at installation. I returned the drive, (thinking it was defective) and the "new" unit also would not be recognized - it shows as an, "mass storage device" but won't allow me to assign a drive letter to it. I finally gave up on that - and figure IF I purchased a conventional Internal hard-drive., that I'd be able to finally back-up my files. No Joy !!! Figuring an INTERNAL New Hard Drive might be the solution., I purchased - a WD., SATA 500 Gig Drive. This also is not recognized by the computer software. Spent 3 plus hours with a technician last night - tried updating the Bios., the Chipset., The CD which came with the Drive - for some reason won't open and I get an error message saying that I must "not" have Adobe ... (Which I do have...) We tried formatting the Disk., tried assigning different drive letters., disabled the other drives-(Media Card Reader and the USB for Printer). No Joy ... This is just NUTS ... The computer recognizes the drive - but the software (Windows VISTA - somewhere - somehow) has some "issues" .. and the technician that I talked with personally has VISTA with three extra drives and has NEVER had this problem !! I don't know what to do ... I've got hours and hours into this trying to cure it .... The Drives I purchased now amount to several hundred bucks .. and right now they're just "great" for sinkers for fishing .. for all they're worth.... When I go to the MSN website - it's what ? $59 an hour - on a 6 month old computer - with VISTA in it .. and I don't think I'm the only one with these issues ......that it doesn't allow me to back up my work since the software (VISTA) requires a "Drive letter that's recognized" to assign a place for the backup to "go to" ....... I feel more like a victim than a client. |
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2nd Hard-Drive - Not Recognized
Actually, the drive shows up on the computer - I ended up talking with WD
about the drive - they had it tested online (Did the zero's) and it showed that there were errors in multiple sectors .. so apparently it's a bad drive. They recommended I get hold of the retailer and get it replaced. (Which I have just finished talking to - a new drive is scheduled to be "here" on next Monday) So, hopefully that'll be the end of the issue. We'll see. If it too doesn't work - I'll be back, "online" .... but thanks. Jerry "Paul Smith" wrote: Does it show up in Disk Management? Start - Control Panel - System and Maintenance - Administrative Tools - Computer Management. From there select Disk Management from the list on the left hand side. -- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/ http://www.windowsresource.net/ *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail* "fly_fishr" wrote in message news Recently, I tried adding an external hard-drive which is PnP (Plug n Play) - My system NEVER recognized it despite numerous different tries at installation. I returned the drive, (thinking it was defective) and the "new" unit also would not be recognized - it shows as an, "mass storage device" but won't allow me to assign a drive letter to it. I finally gave up on that - and figure IF I purchased a conventional Internal hard-drive., that I'd be able to finally back-up my files. No Joy !!! Figuring an INTERNAL New Hard Drive might be the solution., I purchased - a WD., SATA 500 Gig Drive. This also is not recognized by the computer software. Spent 3 plus hours with a technician last night - tried updating the Bios., the Chipset., The CD which came with the Drive - for some reason won't open and I get an error message saying that I must "not" have Adobe ... (Which I do have...) We tried formatting the Disk., tried assigning different drive letters., disabled the other drives-(Media Card Reader and the USB for Printer). No Joy ... This is just NUTS ... The computer recognizes the drive - but the software (Windows VISTA - somewhere - somehow) has some "issues" .. and the technician that I talked with personally has VISTA with three extra drives and has NEVER had this problem !! I don't know what to do ... I've got hours and hours into this trying to cure it .... The Drives I purchased now amount to several hundred bucks .. and right now they're just "great" for sinkers for fishing .. for all they're worth.... When I go to the MSN website - it's what ? $59 an hour - on a 6 month old computer - with VISTA in it .. and I don't think I'm the only one with these issues ......that it doesn't allow me to back up my work since the software (VISTA) requires a "Drive letter that's recognized" to assign a place for the backup to "go to" ....... I feel more like a victim than a client. |
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2nd Hard-Drive - Not Recognized
Thanks Carey,
I tried that earlier too. I called WD this AM ... they put me through to a higher-level technician who had me run a diagnostic on the drive online. (He had it enter zero's ..) Anyway - it showed multiple sectors throwing out errors ... so apparently it's a bad drive. He recommended I get hold of the retailer and have it replaced. (I have just completed doing that - and the "new" drive is scheduled to be here on this coming Monday., so we'll see then ...) Thanks for your input - and, hopefully I won't need to revisit the issue. Jerry "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote: Open the Start Menu, right-click on Computer and select Manage. Click on Disk Management. From the Toolbar select Action Rescan Disks. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User --------------------------------------------------------------- "fly_fishr" wrote in message news Recently, I tried adding an external hard-drive which is PnP (Plug n Play) - My system NEVER recognized it despite numerous different tries at installation. I returned the drive, (thinking it was defective) and the "new" unit also would not be recognized - it shows as an, "mass storage device" but won't allow me to assign a drive letter to it. I finally gave up on that - and figure IF I purchased a conventional Internal hard-drive., that I'd be able to finally back-up my files. No Joy !!! Figuring an INTERNAL New Hard Drive might be the solution., I purchased - a WD., SATA 500 Gig Drive. This also is not recognized by the computer software. Spent 3 plus hours with a technician last night - tried updating the Bios., the Chipset., The CD which came with the Drive - for some reason won't open and I get an error message saying that I must "not" have Adobe ... (Which I do have...) We tried formatting the Disk., tried assigning different drive letters., disabled the other drives-(Media Card Reader and the USB for Printer). No Joy ... This is just NUTS ... The computer recognizes the drive - but the software (Windows VISTA - somewhere - somehow) has some "issues" .. and the technician that I talked with personally has VISTA with three extra drives and has NEVER had this problem !! I don't know what to do ... I've got hours and hours into this trying to cure it .... The Drives I purchased now amount to several hundred bucks .. and right now they're just "great" for sinkers for fishing .. for all they're worth.... When I go to the MSN website - it's what ? $59 an hour - on a 6 month old computer - with VISTA in it .. and I don't think I'm the only one with these issues ......that it doesn't allow me to back up my work since the software (VISTA) requires a "Drive letter that's recognized" to assign a place for the backup to "go to" ....... I feel more like a victim than a client. |