New USB HD recognised but no drive letter

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Hello,

I'm using XP Pro with SP2

I bought a USB 2.0 IDE interface to atempt to rescue some info from a
damaged disk. I plugged the HD into the interface and with the
correct HD jumper settings the HD is recognised as

USB Mass Storage Device
then
Disk Drive

Device manager shows the disk drive as USB 2.0 Storage Device USB
Device

all items in device manager are shown as working.

If the jumper settings on the HD are not as instructed in the breakout
box instructions the device does not get recognised.

The final tray-bubble is Your New Hardware is Installed and Ready To
Use.

How can I actually get to this drive - is there a manual config I can
do to assign a drive letter?

Many thanks
Rob

 

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I forgot to mention, the disk is shown in Device Manager but not in
Disk Management in the MMC. Would this be the outcome if the disk
is ruined (it spins up OK, at least audibly)

I'm using a laptop so trying it internally is not an option.

Thanks
Rob

 

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Has the drive been partitioned and formatted? If not there will be no drive
letter assigned.

Have you attempted to assign a drive letter to it in Disk Manager?

What does Disk Manager state is the status of the disk? If it does not
specify that the drive has a file system of FAT or NTFS and does not show as
healthy, it is not formatted or partitioned.


"Chuck Elsham" <google.20.saxobob@spamgourmet.com> wrote in message
news:89s6k09qgp32u5ajlh812vv5jm70f3k98d@4ax.com...
> I forgot to mention, the disk is shown in Device Manager but not in
> Disk Management in the MMC. Would this be the outcome if the disk
> is ruined (it spins up OK, at least audibly)
>
> I'm using a laptop so trying it internally is not an option.
>
> Thanks
> Rob
>
>

 

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Guess you didn't read his post. It says the disk doesn't show up in
Disk Management.

Anyways, the best way to find out is to test the drive in a different
computer and see if that one has the same problems. If the drive works
in the other computer, the problem lies with your computer. If the
drive doesn't work with the other computer, the problem may lie with the
drive or both computers

----
Nathan McNulty

LVTravel wrote:
> Has the drive been partitioned and formatted? If not there will be no drive
> letter assigned.
>
> Have you attempted to assign a drive letter to it in Disk Manager?
>
> What does Disk Manager state is the status of the disk? If it does not
> specify that the drive has a file system of FAT or NTFS and does not show as
> healthy, it is not formatted or partitioned.
>
>
> "Chuck Elsham" <google.20.saxobob@spamgourmet.com> wrote in message
> news:89s6k09qgp32u5ajlh812vv5jm70f3k98d@4ax.com...
>
>>I forgot to mention, the disk is shown in Device Manager but not in
>>Disk Management in the MMC. Would this be the outcome if the disk
>>is ruined (it spins up OK, at least audibly)
>>
>>I'm using a laptop so trying it internally is not an option.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Rob
>>
>>
>
>
>

 

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Actually Nathan, I did read the OP (both sections). If the computer states
that the drive is ready because the OP wrote "The final tray-bubble is Your
New Hardware is Installed and Ready To Use."

And the OP asks "How can I actually get to this drive - is there a manual
config I can do to assign a drive letter?" This would represent to me that
the drive is not showing up in the upper portion of the Disk Manager (or
Windows Explorer) but may be showing in the bottom portion of it. You can
check this out with a CD drive or a card reader. If there is a CD in the
drive, the drive letter shows in the upper portion (Volume, Layout, Type etc
across the top of the window.) If there is no card in the slot of a card
reader or a CD in the CD drive there is no drive letter assigned in the top
window but the device does show in the bottom portion as a Disk X (where X
would be a sequential number) with normally a drive letter assigned there.
If the drive had not been partitioned and formatted no drive letter will be
assigned there either. I had hoped that the OP would scroll down the list
in the bottom portion to see if any drive shows that was not partitioned or
assigned a drive letter.

"Nathan McNulty" <nospam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:ulu0OpJmEHA.2820@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Guess you didn't read his post. It says the disk doesn't show up in
> Disk Management.
>
> Anyways, the best way to find out is to test the drive in a different
> computer and see if that one has the same problems. If the drive works
> in the other computer, the problem lies with your computer. If the
> drive doesn't work with the other computer, the problem may lie with the
> drive or both computers
>
> ----
> Nathan McNulty
>
> LVTravel wrote:
> > Has the drive been partitioned and formatted? If not there will be no
drive
> > letter assigned.
> >
> > Have you attempted to assign a drive letter to it in Disk Manager?
> >
> > What does Disk Manager state is the status of the disk? If it does not
> > specify that the drive has a file system of FAT or NTFS and does not
show as
> > healthy, it is not formatted or partitioned.
> >
> >
> > "Chuck Elsham" <google.20.saxobob@spamgourmet.com> wrote in message
> > news:89s6k09qgp32u5ajlh812vv5jm70f3k98d@4ax.com...
> >
> >>I forgot to mention, the disk is shown in Device Manager but not in
> >>Disk Management in the MMC. Would this be the outcome if the disk
> >>is ruined (it spins up OK, at least audibly)
> >>
> >>I'm using a laptop so trying it internally is not an option.
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>Rob
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >