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Geek Culture / External Hard Drive Not Working!

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Bozzy
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Posted: 21st Apr 2007 12:06
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Hi, my external hard rive worked fine, until I took it out of my pc one time to use it with my laptop. Now my desktop recognises it, but it doesnt show up, and on the device it says its in a "not connected" mode!

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Veron
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Posted: 21st Apr 2007 14:23
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Ok, open up your PC, and check that the hard drive is in. Also, what sort of hard drive is it, is it a SATA, an ESATA or an IDE?


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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 21st Apr 2007 14:45
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Could be dust on the USB plug. Scrub the contacts with an ear bud.


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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Posted: 21st Apr 2007 15:42
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Quote: "Ok, open up your PC, and check that the hard drive is in. Also, what sort of hard drive is it, is it a SATA, an ESATA or an IDE?
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Go back and read his original post. It's an EXTERNAL hard drive.

Bozzy, does it work in the laptop you used it in or does it not work on both of your PCs? Also, what operating systems?

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Bozzy
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Posted: 21st Apr 2007 16:23
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It doesn't work on any of my PCs. I mean it worked right up until I took it out of the Desktop PC (XP Media Center SP2). Then, when I tried to plug it into my laptop (XP Home SP2) an error message came up: USB device not recognised, click here to solve.

Or something like that.
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Dazzag
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Posted: 21st Apr 2007 16:46 Edited at: 21st Apr 2007 16:47
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Are you sure you plugged it into the *exact* same USB slot as when it worked? I have loads of devices that only work in certain USB slots. Each slot will require the same driver installation when used for the first time, but for some reason even with this only one or two slots will work. And they are all powered USB2 slots before someone mentions it (for example an external drive I have only works on slots 1 and 3 of a 5 slot USB2 hub I have). It is a bit weird.

Saying that, I also have an external DVD writer drive that refuses to work on my laptop, even though it used to, and other external HD drives work fine on it. Put the DVD drive into another computer (with the same cable) and it works fine. Tried un-installing, everything, but cannot fix it...

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Bozzy
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Posted: 21st Apr 2007 17:54
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yes, I plugged it into the exact same spot. Even if I need to buy another one, is it possible to get the files off it (all my GCSE and other stuff)?

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Veron
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2007 03:41 Edited at: 22nd Apr 2007 03:42
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Quote: "Go back and read his original post. It's an EXTERNAL hard drive."


Whoops, sorry about that!

Oh, and yeah you can get your files off it, seen ads for places that claim to be able to remove data from any sort of drive.


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indi
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2007 03:49
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did you remove it with the Remove hardware safely, before pulling out the usb plug?
did you change any jumper settings on the device?
Are the operating systems the same on both machines?

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GatorHex
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2007 08:42 Edited at: 22nd Apr 2007 08:45
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try going into Device Manager
deleting all USB devices
then rebooting you PC.

However if it has stopped working on all PCs it sounds like it's dead.

Another thing I see often with memory cards is that a rouge PC coverts the memory card / hard drive to NTFS and then it no longer works in 90% of devices. If you've done an NTFS format try formatting it in an older format like FAT32 or FAT16

Oh should says Formatting wipes all you files so don't do it if you have somthing important on there. You'll probably need a recovery service or strip it out and hook it up internally.

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Bozzy
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2007 12:28
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Well, I got my uncle round, and he said it was getting power to the board, but not the hard disk. When he took it apart he said it was a standard disk, so he'd get it into his PC and get the files off it.
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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2007 21:21
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Or, I'll say again, clean the contacts with an ear bud. And if you did try it, at least acknoledge that it failed.


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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Bozzy
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2007 21:57
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Yes. Sorry it failed. Thanks for the tip, I'll bear that in mind for the future
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