Hi,
I have an external Maxtor 750GB HDD that isn't being recognized by my computer. I tried different USB ports and wires but it didn't work. I also tried it on a different system without any luck. On my XP pc, it isn't showing up as a volume or a disk. When I plug it in, the computer recognizes that I have a USB device imputed, and when I go to Safely Remove Hardware, I can see that there is something there but it doesn't have a letter assigned to it and like I said i can't even see it as a disk when i run diskpart.exe. However on my Windows 7 pc, I can see the disk, but it isn't assigned a volume letter. Is there anyway for me to get the hard drive to be recognized without going to diskpart.exe on the Windows 7 pc and cleaning the disk?
I have an external Maxtor 750GB HDD that isn't being recognized by my computer. I tried different USB ports and wires but it didn't work. I also tried it on a different system without any luck. On my XP pc, it isn't showing up as a volume or a disk. When I plug it in, the computer recognizes that I have a USB device imputed, and when I go to Safely Remove Hardware, I can see that there is something there but it doesn't have a letter assigned to it and like I said i can't even see it as a disk when i run diskpart.exe. However on my Windows 7 pc, I can see the disk, but it isn't assigned a volume letter. Is there anyway for me to get the hard drive to be recognized without going to diskpart.exe on the Windows 7 pc and cleaning the disk?