20 Most Recent Buffalo Technology 250GB MINISTATION TURBO USB 2.0 5400 RPM PORTABLE HDD 250 GB Hard Drive Questions & Answers

windows xp and win 7 drops out the drivers as it is no ;longer supported by Microsoft

install the drive and find it on the computer properties click on it and right click on properties of the thumb drive and it will let you change the settings

try in other's computer it may be due to virues too

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

When you delete files from anything on a computer, they are not really removed. What happens is the record(s) for a given file in the MFT (master file table) are removed and the space used for that give file is marked as available. As long as you haven't been copying new files to the drive. Download and run Recuva which is free. Use the deep scan feature and let it run and see what it is able to recover. Then copy the files to a different disc than the one you are recovery from.

you probly have a bad hard drive or a corrupted hard drive or a corrupted file on the hard drive that causes the hard drive to crash and if this is the case then there is no help for your data

If the 160gb has an IDE interface then no. But you could use an IDE to USB adapter.

It is always possible to recover the data as long as you have the budget for it. If you take it into a shop they most likely will try to take the drive out of the case and hook it up to a computer using an adapter to see if that will work. If this does not resolve it you will have to send it into a specialty recovery shop.

hi my 250 gb hard dish but i not detect in any computer

http://www.buffalo-technology.com/support/downloads/

download the latest drivers for your product at the above site.

The windows use some space for space addresing but not that much

It shoves 149 GB because manufacterers use the terms gigabyte in metric (base ten) way.

IT means 160 GB = 160 * 1000 MB = 160 000 * 1000 KB= 160 000 000 * 1000 Bytes

when you convert that in Gigabyte that computer use (1GB = 1024MB, 1MB = 1024 KB, 1 KB = 1024 Bytes) you get:

160 000 000 000 Bytes = 160 000 000 000 /1024 KB = 156250000 / 1024 MB = 152587,890625 / 1024 GB = 149,011 GB

you boot from it but putting inside means taking it apart finding the connections that will adapt it to your pc or whatever but it is possible

booting from it would require simply installing an os onto the drive instead of your c: drive, just keep in mind you will have to change your bios to boot from the appropriate drive

it bcause of virues try it in another pc or laptop

you can if the head has not damaged ur drive

It is already. Just connect it to a USB port and it should pop up as a new drive.

Try to plug your External Drive to other usb port or to other computer, or change the cable.

let me know the result.

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Try to insert it to the other usb ports and see if it works fine. If it doesn't, then probably there is a problem with it. But try to insert other usb devices in the usb ports of your computer, if it does'nt recognize also then the problem is in your usb ports.