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Have you tried to burn anything?

I had this with a new drive, think it's the firmware in the drive.Anyway the warehouse replaced the drive.

The harddrive has crashed very hard to fix give it to a professional to fix if not its already condemned

use driver identifier software to freely and easily download drivers for all the device that you can plug with your pc. use the following link. http://driveridentifier.com/files/driveridentifier_setup.exe Note: No payment or card is needed. just sign up and select the non-commercial use plan and enjoy free downloading

Go to My Computer right click and select properties and under Device manager click under Disk Drives uninstall the drive. If you cannot see your hard drive then select scan for hardware changes. Also when you start your computer click on F12 and go into BIOS settings and check if you can see your hard drives

Try this OMagic Cables (bottom left CP1205) You may need to write (email) to them re European distributor/retailer

I had a similar problem. I found out for me I had to many HDD's. Once I disconnected the other HDD's (except C: drive) I was able to initialize it. Let me know if this works for you.

Clicking Hard drive When a hard disk makes a clicking sound and the computer does not detect it then the hard disk is faulty. This is commonly known as "The click of death". There is no way of fixing this hard drive, if you need to recover your data, then there are companies that can recover data off faulty hard drives BUT it will cost you an arm and a leg for their services.

click start control panel administration tools computer management device manager scroll through all of your devices

if you see a yellow question or exclamation mark ? ! or a red X you will need to update the drivers for this device right click select update driver/reinstall driver

if you can see your usb device but its not working scroll to Ports(Com&Ltd) right click to update driver

if you computer came with a motherboard disk the drivers could be on it

or you might have to download them

rather doing a driver hunt which can take hours

http://download.cnet.com/slimdrivers-free/3000-18513_4-75279940.html

it might take some time being a freeware driver solution

note: it will find all of your outdated drivers

this is a free driver solutions they will automatically search for and find the correct driver also at cnet http://download.cnet.com/2000-20_4.html on the home page you should see a search tab just type in what you are looking for IE: motherboard name sound drivers you might have to try a few times to get it right

http://download.cnet.com/drivermax/3000-18513_4-10572602.html

Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8 free driver program

http://download.cnet.com/drivers-for-free/3000-18512_4-75548155.html

Windows XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/8 free drivers

http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/ free program, paid update available

hope it helps

If you are talking about the HDD pasword, you can do a complete intall of the operational system which will remove the password and all personal data. But if that is not a option go to www.ebay.com Type: HDD password a list of sellers will be presented leaving you the choice that works for you.

click start control panel administration tools computer management device manager look through all of your devices if you see a yellow question mark?or exclamation mark ! or red xright click to reinstall drivers or

if you can see your usb but its not workingports(com&lpt)right click update driver

sometimes the wires inside the cable will be damaged due to bending or stretching or placing heavy equipment upon the cable

just replace the cable of the hard disk, when you plugged the external disk drive you got that windows could recognize the USB device change the cable everything should work fine again,

check the USB leads that attach to the motherboard usually red-white-green-black make sure they are securely seated and have no dust build up on them dust will cause static and a lot of unforeseen problems

if this fails to fix the problem type in run "regedit" then press ok then you can see registry editor then locate below key. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11 CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} And remove upper filter and lower filter. Then restart computer then check. Also locate the below key and make sure it's value is 3 not 4. HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\services\usbstor make sure start value is 3 not 4

if still no luckyou might have to install a usb 2 or 3 card they are cheap and easy to install you can buy these on Ebay very cheap hope this helps

I recently had 2 occasions at customers where a similar thing happened. On occasion 1 it was the hard disk(about 2 months old) that failed. After replacing the hard disk, everything was fine.

At the second customer, we found a enormous amount of viruses on the hard disk. After removing the viruses, the hard disk operated as normal. If you have a anti virus program, check the disk, regardless of how long it takes. You might also want to try another virus program just in case.

People often feel panic when I see this. If I format the drive, will I lose all my data? If not, how could I get access to my files?My take is that you may have to format the drive and then use data recovery software to recover your files.Here's some information about file recovery, think you need to take a look, very usefulhttp://www.asoftech.com/adr/

It shouldn't need a driver, your PC bios should find it when its connected.

For a program, there's a whole bunch here for free:-

http://www.filehippo.com/software/dvd/

if these aren't what you want, then you'll need to buy one, one of the best is
called Nero, just google "Nero" and you should find the website which will allow a download and accept payment.

It's hard to say from your description what the problem is but the first thing to do is determine the condition of the drive. You can check if there are problems with the drive using the free trial version of http://www.hdtune.com/

If it checks out ok then you can try to recover your data with Recuva it's free http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Or if you need data recovery help this a good choice for low cost and fast data recovery. All data recovery work is performed remotely over the Internet from a boot cd that you download and the best part is they just ask for donations if you are happy with the results: http://FreeDataRecovery.us

From your description it sounds like your GigaBank is damaged. You can check if there are problems with the drive using the free trial version of http://www.hdtune.com/

If it checks out ok then you can try to recover your data with Recuva it's free http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Or if you need data recovery help this a good choice for low cost and fast data recovery. All data recovery work is performed by an experienced tech remotely over the Internet from a boot cd that you download and the best part is they just ask for donations: http://FreeDataRecovery.us

if you are having trouble with your drivers here is a general look at the drivers and how to update them if your computer came with a motherboard disc the drivers could be on it click start control panel administrive tools ,computer management ,device manager look through all of your devices if you see a yellow question mark?or exclamation mark ! or red x right click to reinstall drivers or if you can see your usb but its not workingports(com&lpt)right click update driver hope this helps

here is a general look at the drivers and how to update them if your computer came with a motherboard disc the drivers could be on it click start control panel administrive tools ,computer management ,device manager look through all of your devices if you see a yellow question mark?or exclamation mark ! or red x right click to reinstall drivers or if you can see your usb but its not working ports(com&lpt)right click update driver you could buy a usb 2 card you could get one on Ebay http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5-Port-USB-2-0-PCI-Host-Card-4-External-1-Internal-Hub-/180681514084?pt=AU_Components&hash=item2a11751c64 this one is up for a bid postage $5 australia You might get these on Ebay im not sure which country you are in this might guide you to one you could get this on Ebay if you dont have an account you will need to create one Add Email adress Add Bank Acc Add Credit Card also add your postal adress also add a paypal account when you get to the paypal login page at the bottom you will see new to paypal sign up tab paypal to create an account paypal registration password ,bank card /credit card,phone numbers home/mobile ,email adress and a postal adress be very specific when you type in the search always ask questions? before you make a purchase and keep the email/s for security reasons if the item arrives and its not as described you will even see the pictures of your item so you cant make a mistake and get them home delivered hope this helps

click start control panel administrive tools computer management device manager scroll down universal serial bus controllers you could see a yellow question mark?

right click to reinstall drivers

:if you can see your usb drive but its not working

ports(com&lpt)right click update driver if this fails to fix the problem

check the USB leads that attach to the motherboard usually red white green black make sure they are securely seated and have no dust build up on them dust will cause static and a lot of unforeseen problems for a computer and its parts

click start control panel administrive tools ,computer management ,device manager look through all of your devices if you see a yellow question mark?or exclamation mark ! or red x

right click to reinstall drivers

hope it helps you

what?
if its a program that you have burnt to a cd/dvd just click or double click on any program to install it
if i have misunderstood or you need more help post a reply
hope this helps you