Maxtor external drive not showing up in Windows Explorer. Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general () I just bought a Maxtor One Touch II 200 GB external hard drive for back-up. I installed...

CDs, records CD-Rs, and plays DVDs. If the drive is empty, Windows Explorer shows it properly listed as a DVD/CD RW drive. When I insert a blank DVD+R however, Explorer suddenly changes to show it as a CD Drive, and does not recognize that there is blank...

one uses Windows XP Pro. The PC with the Pro edition has two logical drives. One is very small (3GB) and I only use it to back up my other drives. It also uses Windows XP Pro as the OS. This is my E: drive. From my C: drive, I can 'see' my other...

in the Windows XP setup. When I go to Device Manager, it shows the two Maxtor drives, and it says each one is working properly. But when I go to Windows Explorer, my second Maxtor drive is not showing up as my "D" drive; in fact it is not showing...

win update for ! Thanks everybody. ut not talking about formatting the pc, have you formatted the external drive? Yes, the maxtor and now it appears correctly in explorer, both in desk and lap (but it's empty !). Tomorrow I'll try to empty the big one and...

My external hard drive is a Maxtor 3000LE (B) USB 2.0 device. Earlier in the week, I did the same thing and was able to access the external drive. I screwed up restoring the backup (I included Windows files) and so I had to reformat the C drive on...

URGENT help needed, can't logon. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general () After installing the software for a Maxtor external drive in my win XP and rebooting I am unable to logon, password is rejected as incorrect. This is a free standing...

the next optical drive the following letter, drive X. I assign letter V to any virtual CD/DVD, for instance, my VirtualCloneDrive is letter V (for "virtual"). That way all the drives of a "kind" are grouped together when in Windows Explorer. This is a...

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support () Are you using FAT32 or NTFS? If you are not sure, open Windows Explorer or My Computer, right click the C drive or any other drive being backed up, select properties, the...

ARTEC WRR-52Z CD/RW MAXTOR 80GB Personal Storage 3100 External USB Hard Drive. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support () I just bough a Maxtor 80GB "Personal Storage 3100" External Hard Drive (USB). My intent was to have more...