20 Most Recent Iomega 160GB Ego HD USB 2.0/FW Red 160 GB Hard Drive Questions & Answers

Plug your USB imoga ego usb drive into your computer.

Click on the "My Computer" icon at the top of your computer screen.

Double click on the iomega USB icon.

Right click in a blank space in the middle of the window to pull up a small menu.

Select the "New Folder" option from the menu to create a new folder on your Iomega USB 2.0 drive.

Drag all of the files that you want to protect into the new folder you created.

Right click on the folder that you created and select the "Properties" option from the menu.

Go to the "Sharing" tab and click on it.

Scroll down to the "Make This Folder Private" box and check it. Click the "OK" button and wait for the window to close.

Use your Windows log-in password to open the file.hope this helps

An external storage-device has four major components:

* the USB cable

* the power-adapter

* the disk-drive inside the enclosure

* the USB-to-disk-drive adapter inside the enclosure.

One of these components has failed.

Try a different USB cable.

Try connecting to a different USB port on your computer.

Try connecting to a USB port on a different computer.

Take a "multi-meter" and measure both the voltage and amperage output from the AC adapter, and compare with the specifications on the label on the adapter.

Open the enclosure, and remove the disk-drive, and then connect it as a "slave" disk-drive in a desktop computer, to see if it works at all.

Purchase a new, compatible, disk-drive, and install it in the enclosure, to "revive" your external storage device.

Get the part-number and serial-number from the label on your disk-drive, and access the manufacturer's web-site, and use "check warranty status", to see if they will replace the device, at minimal cost to you.

There exist commercial "data recovery" services that can try to repair your device, just long-enough to rescue and copy your files. For example, see: https://services.seagate.com/index.aspx?lng=en-US for a "no data - no charge" guarantee.

Try to acces HD with paragon hard disk manager resque disk (you must boot from this cd). You have an option there to copy files. Backup all your files if you see them and format hard drive then copy all your data back. It works several times for me.

if that happens after trying it on different computers then it means the magnetic needle inside the drive is broken and will need to be replaced.

Your drive is a coaster. Iomega products seem to be made out of tissue paper and mucilage. You are lucky that it worked for any amount of time at all and wasn't dead right out of the box. Have you tried their online-only tech support? (You can call them for $25 if you want to.)

Hello

Okay , so there are some steps to figure out what is wrong with your external.

Firstly , if your computer makes a sound when you plug in your external , go to Start-Control Panel-Administrative Tools-Computer Management-Disk Management , and see if your external drive is listed here with your local drives. If it is listed , right click on the drive and change the drive letter to make it appear in "my computer".

If your drive does not make a connection sound when connecting to your computer and also does not show up , please follow the next step.

Remove the hard drive from the casing if possible and install it in your computer case or another external case.If the drive works , the problem is with the casing and you can ignore the drive.

Now , if the problem is with the casing , there are still 3 possibilities.

1. The USB cable between the drive and the computer may be damaged.
2. The circuit board which connects your drive to the interface of the external may be blown.
3. The power supply (if applicable) may have a blown transformer.

The latter is the easiest to diagnose , does your external light up at all when you plug in the power? If not , then this is probably your problem. On the bottom of the adapter is a label which you will be able to use to have a new adapter made at your local electronics shop and this will cost about $30 max. They will also be able to test the adapter with a clamp meter to see if this is really the problem and this should be free.

The second component you want to test is the USB cable. If you have a printer , swop out the cables and see if your printer functions normally. Most externals use the same connector so you should be able to test it in this manner. If the cable works go on to the last step. If the cable is defective , replace it with a new one which you can find for about $10 at most electronics and chain stores.

The last component to test is the circuit board. This is a bit of a grey zone as you probably won't be able to spot the blown component unless it failed really badly. With the casing already opened , locate the external's circuit board and check to see if you have any blackened components or fluids leaking from some components. If all the other components of the external worked perfectly , then this is the faulty part. It is not really economical to replace the circuit as most of the time it is out of production by the time you need to replace it and it still costs a lot even if it is available so if your drive is working perfectly when connected via sata or IDE on your computer , the best is to buy a new casing and place your old drive in the new casing.

A casing costs about $50 and you could get it at most tech shops and big chain stores like Best Buy.

I hope this solves your problem and please reply if you need more help.

Kind Regards
Andrea

Take the hard disk out of that case, put it in another one and plug that in another pc. If it's the same then the disk is dead and all the data on it is lost. Junk it.

Either you HDD insode the enclosure has failed, or the circuitry in the case itself has failed. The easiest way to test this is transfer the HDD into a new enclosure. If it works, you're done. If it doesn't and the failure is in the circuitry of the drive then you will need the help of a pro. If the latter is the case respond with your region and city and I will refer you to an appropriate facility. Chris

No I Have The Same Prob M8 Thay Need Power

try to find the software you had with it when you purchased it run the software again

The obvious answer is that the power supply is dead. If there is no external power supply connected then try connecting to an external powered usb hub. The drive is not getting power and the computer's USB power is not enough.

Mac can read a PC formatted drive but a PC cannot read one formatted by mac. So format the drive on the PC wiping all information on it, copy to it. Move the files to the MAC and reformat.

The obvious answer is that the power supply is dead. If there is no external power supply connected then try connecting to an external powered usb hub. The drive is not getting power and the computer's USB power is not enough.

Your Hard-drive is Crashed.