My verbatim 62872 hard drive not recognized

[patejaydeep]

Hi,
I just got a verbatim 62872 External HDD 320 GB from Australia.
As I connected it to my laptop the led on the top of it started but it is not recognized by my laptop.
So,Please Help me out.

Thanks.

Regards.

Jaydeep Patel

 

[fzabkar]

If your drive is powered from the USB port, then try a Y-cable.

A standard USB port is current limited to 500mA. A Seagate ST9500325AS drive, for example, requires about 850mA during spinup, and about 400mA thereafter. A Y-cable is therefore sometimes necessary to pick up power from two USB ports.

Otherwise, how does Microsoft's UVCView utility see the external drive?
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/USB_IDs/UVCView.x86.exe

Can you see the drive in Device Manager? Disk Management?