My External Hard Drive isn't recognised!

[Phil]

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I have an external hard drive and I am plugging it in (via a USB connection)
however the drive is not recognised. I have tried clicking on My Computer
then clicking manage but the computer just will not find any driver for the
hard drive so therefore it isn't working. I haven't a clue what the problem
could be whether its the jumper setting, or whether I am not fully updated
although that doesn't sem to want to work either I always end up waiting for
ages for it to update. Its really annoying any suggestions?

Phil

 

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Phil,
Are you using an external power supply for the drive? The USB ports on
your computer only supply a limited amount of power. Is anything else
USB plugged in and working? What do you see in Device Manager/Hardware
for your USB ports?
Best,
Treeman


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"Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have an external hard drive and I am plugging it in (via a USB
>connection)
> however the drive is not recognised. I have tried clicking on My Computer
> then clicking manage but the computer just will not find any driver for
> the
> hard drive so therefore it isn't working. I haven't a clue what the
> problem
> could be whether its the jumper setting, or whether I am not fully updated
> although that doesn't sem to want to work either I always end up waiting
> for
> ages for it to update. Its really annoying any suggestions?
>
> Phil

Is this a drive you assembled into a case? If so, did you set the drive
jumpers to Master? Is the internal power cable connected?

When you plug the drive in, does Windows recognise that a device has been
attached?

-pk