I have just bought a Samsung S2 external 1TB HDD but it is not being recognised by Windows 7 on my PC.
I know the drive is working ok, because I have a dual boot system and when using XP it works fine.
Having read through some similar problems listed on this website I have tried booting up with it plugged in, tried reinstalling the Windows driver for mass storage devices and also tried using the disk managment feature to asign a path to it. (This method works but only last for a few days before it no longer sees it!)
I have the same problem when tring to use my WD external HD, however USB memory keys and devices work fine. I'm running W7 Home Premium x64 with SP1 installed.
Any ideas or help would be greatly apreciated!
**UPDATE: Just tried doing a fresh install of windows7 and it worked fine until I restored my Documents, programs and settings via a System image - so now back to square one again!!**
I know the drive is working ok, because I have a dual boot system and when using XP it works fine.
Having read through some similar problems listed on this website I have tried booting up with it plugged in, tried reinstalling the Windows driver for mass storage devices and also tried using the disk managment feature to asign a path to it. (This method works but only last for a few days before it no longer sees it!)
I have the same problem when tring to use my WD external HD, however USB memory keys and devices work fine. I'm running W7 Home Premium x64 with SP1 installed.
Any ideas or help would be greatly apreciated!
**UPDATE: Just tried doing a fresh install of windows7 and it worked fine until I restored my Documents, programs and settings via a System image - so now back to square one again!!**