Thanks for the suggestions. You put me on the right track to solving the
problem.
I used "TweakUI>My Computer>Drives" to find out that the "K" drive was
unchecked. Checking it caused the USB HD to reappear in "My Computer". The
problem is solved but I am curious as to why the OS skipped over the F, G,
H, I, J drive designations to name the USB HD as the K drive. Well, just one
of those WIN XP quirks I guess.
Thanks again for your help. I have subscribed to the list for many years and
your collective knowledge is what gave me the confidence to build my own
system.
Larry
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El Paso, Texas, USA
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:43:30 -0400
From: Paul Hachmeyer <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: External USB HD not being recognized
Have you tried to read the usb HD on another computer? If so, what were
the results?
Paul Hachmeyer
Brad Lindroth wrote:
> Larry,
>
> Just out of curiousity, what does the disk look like in "Computer
> Management">"Disk Management". Does you see it there? Is there a
> partition?
> Healthy? Formatted with NTFS or FAT? A little more info may help track
> this
> down.
> --
> Brad Lindroth
> Georgetown, South Carolina
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Larry Scroggs
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 8:35 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [PCBUILD] External USB HD not being recognized
>
> I submitted the message below over a week ago and never had a reply. Can
> anyone help me out? Thanks.
>
> I am using a system I built about a year and a half ago and up until the
> last two weeks I have had no problems with it.
> System specs are:
> Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) with all updates,
> 2.40 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64,
> A: drive 3.5" format removable media [Floppy drive],
> C: drive Maxtor 6B300S0 [SATA Hard drive] (300.08 GB) -- drive 0,
> D: drive PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716AL [CD-ROM drive],
> E: drive PLEXTOR DVDR PX-740A [CD-ROM drive],
> K: drive WDC WD25 00JB-00GVA0 USB Device [Hard drive] (250.06 GB) -- drive
> 2
> HP psc 2175xi USB Device [Inkjet scanner/printer] -- drive 1,
> Motherboard MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-7100 1.0
> 2GB RAM
>
> The USB HD is used for backing up my internal HD. I have used it weekly
> since building the machine. Lately it no longer shows up in "My Computer".
> If I look in "Device Manager" the USB WD HD is recognized under "Disk
> Drives" as USB Device - drive "K" along with the Maxtor SATA HD as drive
> "C"
> and the HP psc 2175xi as USB Device without a drive letter designation.
> "Device Manager" show the USB HD as working properly. I have disabled and
> reenabled it. I have tried uninstalling it and having Windows XP redetect
> it, all to no avail. I have tried the drive on several different USB ports
> on my machine with no joy.
>
> I will appreciate any help you can offer. Thanks.
>
> Larry
>
> Larry Scroggs
> [log in to unmask]
> El Paso, Texas, USA
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