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FrozenGpu   09-07-2009 at 04:07:23 PM

I have a Seagate ES.2, 250gb HDD, it was used as a storage drive in Windows XP. I have removed it from my old build a while ago, and have hooked it up via USB adapter in Windows 7. It comes up as a working drive in Device manager but not in Explorer, My Computer, or even in Disk Management.

Since it doesn't even show up in Device Manager I can't assigna drive letter, I have restarted the pc, updated drivers, etc etc etc. Nothing I've tried seems to work so far, any ideas?

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Bronze Storage badge r_manic   09-08-2009 at 04:54:38 AM

It's probably an issue with your motherboard's USB drivers. Have you made sure your computer is updated in this regard?

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FrozenGpu   09-09-2009 at 07:55:00 AM

I checked that too, it's weird because other USB devices will work fine like flashdrives, headphones, cell and so on.

I also have the same issue with a 2.5" external I've used over the years as an odds and ends storage drive. I'm wondering if Windows 7 maybe cannot see Fat32 o rNTFS on the other drives b/c they were formatted on xp machines?

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foxy_roxy   09-09-2009 at 09:17:33 AM

When I had the same problem, I downloaded a liveCD of Gparted partioning software, burned it, and booted the system from the live CD with the "new" hard drive attached to the system via a usb caddy. I then formatted this drive with NTFS, then rebooted the system into Windows. The hard drive was recognized right away. Hope this helps :p

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FrozenGpu   09-10-2009 at 05:56:03 PM

But If I reformat with NTFS doesn't that mean it will wipe away all data on the drive?

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FrozenGpu   09-18-2009 at 10:00:55 PM

Well obviously reformatting will wipe all data, anybody have any ideas that wouldn't require reformatting the drive?

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Viking_AM   09-19-2009 at 02:30:45 AM

If you can get your hands on the Virtual Windows XP program, it emulates XP within a window. However, due to my limited use of it, I'm am not sure if it simply accesses the drivers which 7 runs from; (Fairly certain it has some independent drive functions).

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