External Hardware not being recognized

#1 Jim624

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Posted 10 January 2005 - 03:21 PM

I ordered a hard drive (Western Digital, 40GB) so I could put it in an external case to use to store my MP3's and what not. I got it in the case, all contected up but when I plug in the USB one little icon pops up on my tool bar down by the time....but then it disapeers.... and it is not showing the hard drive in devices and removable storage. What did I do wrong and what do I need to do to make this work correctly ??

Computer runnin' XP pro.

#2 Googier

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Posted 13 January 2006 - 09:54 PM

I have the exact same thing happening to me.

#3 LLXX

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Posted 14 January 2006 - 04:30 AM

Is the hard drive even spinning up? In many cases if it's only being powered by the USB cable, it's not getting sufficient power. Be careful with this as you can easily burn out the USB controller on your mobo if you draw too much power from the ports.

This post has been edited by LLXX: 14 January 2006 - 04:31 AM

#4 ssmokee

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Posted 14 January 2006 - 05:12 AM

Have you partitioned and formatted the drive yet?

Control Panel -> Admin Tools -> Computer Management, then select Disk Management

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