HEY GUYS NEWBIE HERE!!! I Cannot See External USB HDD in 'My Computer'?
I have just bought an external HDD Enclosure from Ebay. I have plugged in both USB cords (i beleive the caddy has two cords due to the power required). Then the little ballon pops up on the bottome right of my screen saying my new hardware is installed and ready to use.
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NOW this is where i get confused, there is no additional drive in 'My Computer'. In the Device manager, under 'Disk Drives' the device is shown as 'Generic External USB Device'. HOW do i get to access the files that are on my external drive??
(the drive comes from a laptop i have with a broken screen so as far as i know the HDD is in good condition) I have been reading up on the net about this issue and the consensus is that i have to assign a drive letter, when i try to do this, it asks me to initialize the disk, i have noot done this as i beleive initialize means 'wipe it clean and start again' which i do not want to do.I NEED THE FILES ON THE DISK...PLEASE HELP ME Thanks everyone in advance!!!! I got the following from the Hitachi data sheet Power: Requirement +5VDC (+-5%) Dissipation (Typical) Startup (peak, max.) 5.0W Read (avg.) 2.0W Write (avg.) 2.0W Active idle (avg.) 0.85W 1.2W Low power idle (avg.) 0.60W 0.85W Standby (avg.) 0.2W 0.4W Sleep 0.1W 0.2W What does all this mean?? Does the USB cable have enough power (with both cords from the caddy plugged in?) Issue 2.
I searching the driver at the moment, have had no luck as yet, will let you know if i can find it! Yes it is a SATA enclosure. Issue 2 can be wiped from the possibility i think because.this is from Hitachi.
Current operating systems, including Windows Vista, XP and 2000, and Mac OS X, already include pre-installed drivers for the hard disk drive itself. No additional drivers are required. If your system is requesting drivers you may need current versions of your controller or motherboard drivers. To obtain the most current controller or motherboard driver, contact its respective manufacturer. When i plug it in, vista finds and installs drivers and says 'Your new hardware is ready to use' or words to that effect! Click to expand.If this is a desktop, you may have more than 1 USB hub.
Power from the rear hub. Access via a different hub. (Check out device manager).
Note: Startup current @ 1000mA puts a strain on the components. I cannot quantify the risk of failure from repeated startup operations. Once the circuitry has stabilized, use device manager to uninstall the USB enclosure, and then, go through the action to rescan for hardware changes. This is a 'shot-in-the-dark' for the case that the effect of excessive power consumption on startup disappears once reaching a steady state.
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A couple random thoughts of things and what to do next and i'm still just wakin up so my apologies if my typing is sloppier then usual • Not clear from the post: • Were you plugging this thing into a USB hub or USB ports on what? (would like makes and models • I assume you tried plugging into different ports on your whatever. Not just tested off the same port each time?= • Sounds like you looked at this thing from your desktop view, did you look at it using Disk Managment through MMC snap-in? If the issue is the hard drive space isn't formatted/badly corrupted /some other cases too. You can get an indication that the lower level devices are being detected. The problem is mapping it to the next higher level (and functional) device level. So look at it with Disk Management • If the proud owner of this things wants to take a closer look under the covers (which i haven't played with much but do have the tool), we can monitor the commands sent over the USB bus and that MAYBE sheds more light or even an answer.
• Like i said. Just some thoughts. Either the HDD is not being detected or it is not being configured. The USB portion of the device is being configured. If device manager shows and Unknown device or a device in trouble, then there was an attempt to configure the HDD. Insufficient power can cause problems. You are silent about what you are observing about any status indicators and about the spinning of the HDD.