SimpleTech SimpleDrive 160 GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

Open the drive and see whats burns, if the case circut is burnt put the driv in a new case. the the harddrive is burnt your out of luck.

external hard drives get their power mostly from the usb connection you will however need to download a driver after you plug the usb lead into the computer it is even possible that when you connect the usb up you will get a balloon in the bottom right of the task bar referring to looking for a driver for installed hard drive

I was having a problem on Windows 7 with the SimpleTech 160GB drive not being recognized, went to the SimpleTech site and could not find any drivers - Went to MajorGeeks and found a driver update program - watch when you install it, do custom install so as not to get new homepage or toolbar. But it scanned and found where my drivers were deficient. Updated driver and drive is now recognized

This device is supplied with a USB 2.0 "Y" cable. It requires two USB plugs on the PC; one for data, the other for power. You cannot toss this cable aside and use a regular USB cable because it gets it power from the PC. There is no battery to charge.

Delete unneeded files to make room.

The 2.5 inch external drive (laptop drive) does not require separate power supply because USB cable can supply enough power for this drive. The 3.5 inch external drive (desktop hard drive) requires separate power supply and it depends on the model.

you can get it at any computer shop or if you hard a generic digital camera its the same cable..

You will have to buy an aftermarket radio that has a USB port that supports all media file types. (Most brands do) you would have to remove your factory radio. Buy a wiring harness that matches your make, model, and year of your vehicle. Attach harness and install the new radio. Plus hard drive into USB port and you're good to go. Don't forget to vote I’m happy to help further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/tarik_f88885a87e319a0d

select the item just hover the mouse cursor over item right click select delete

put ccleaner on your system and check the startup programs it may be resolve your problem

Can you see your drive ?Click start control panel administrative tools computer management disk management right click on your drive select properties click tools you should see click check now click start two boxes automatically fix files and scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors place then a tick in both boxes then select check now start You might tick one box then return after its finished the first repair then return and tick the second box you should not do anything while the chkdsk utility is in progress any input may damage this drive I found that you get best results by ticking one box then returning after it has finished then tick the other box hope this helps

w7

First, please disconnect all USB devices and then perform the following steps:

Click "Start" button, type "devmgmt.msc" (without quotation marks) in the "Search" bar and press "Enter". Click "Continue" if necessary.

In Device Manager, double click to expand "Universal Serial Bus controllers", right click on the Host Controller, click "Uninstall" and click "OK".

Repeat the step 2 to uninstall all items under "Universal Serial Bus controllers".

Then, restart your computer and Windows 7 will reinstall all USB controllers automatically.

if still no luck

If its is a new drive: Open "Settings", then "administration", then "storage" and again "storage administration" (or some similar word).

If the disk is unformatted and/or not initialized Window will propose to initialize and format it.

Just do it.

It will suddenly appear.

If it is an old drive containing data: do NOT initialize it (data will be gone).

Connect it to a Windows XP or Linux PC to see if the data still are accessible.

With luck it will then work with W7 immediately (because the other PCs have changed the access rights). If not: run your computer down and reboot it a few times with the disk attached. Sometimes it is recognized then.

If that does not work: open again the administration tool and look if W7 has given it a drive letter.

If not: right click it and give it a letter yourself

Download "Knoppix" a bootable live version of LINUX.

It does not install anything.

If it detects the disk use one of the tools to change access rights to "everyone".

If nothing is found try "GParted" on "Knoppix" if it finds any partition, can repair or reformat it (data are gone then).

If that is not working: throw it out of the window. Source(s):

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en....

hope this helps

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SIMPLETECH-STB24-12A-AC-DC-power-adapter-equiv-/250533073706?pt=Laptop_Adapters_Chargers&hash=item3a54ef532a$14.27 + $12.37 postage worldwide 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 https://scgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?RegisterEnterInfo 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

Just plug the Simpletech in the old computer that has the songs on it. Your computer will recognize the Simpletech drive. You can copy (from your old computer) and paste your songs to the Simpletech drive. Maybe all the songs you want will be in your My Music folder under My Documents. If so, you can just copy the whole My Music folder to the Simpletech.Once you have the songs on the Simpletech, you can now plug it into the new computer. You can copy an paste from the Simpletech to your My Music Folder on the new computer.You can also use the drag and drop instead of copy and paste.

well not automatically most ext drives come with a software utility to make the restore function can be done with windows backup as well takes a bit of time but usually works well

You will want to purchase a USB Mini B to USB A such at this listed belowLink

The most likely reason you cannot see your hard drive on your Windows laptop but can on your Mac, is that the drive has been formatted for GPT which is only supported on Windows Vista or 7 or above, not on XPSee the Microsoft article on GPT here and FAQ's on GPT here

Try if you can perform Scandisk on the external drive. Instead of formatting

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
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 also make sure the computers Ram and Cmos battery are securely seatedif this fails to fix the problem: you 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 you:

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