20 Most Recent Iomega 1TB Desktop USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Page 7 Questions & Answers

Best solution would be to try it on another computer & if it works there use the windows check disk tool (& maybe the defragmenter) to correct this problem. OR you could transfer the data onto another hard disk, format this one keeping 2-4 partitions and reload your data.

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.

The external storage device has several major components:
* USB cable
* external power-supply
* disk-drive inside the enclosure
* USB-to-disk-drive adapter inside the enclosure.
Try a different USB cable.
Try a different USB port on your computer.
Try a USB port on a different computer.
Take a multi-meter, and measure the output voltage/amperage of the power-supply,
and compare with the specifications on the label of the power-supply.
Open the enclosure, and remove the disk-drive, and attach it as a "slave" drive in a desktop computer, to see if bypassing the USB-to-disk-drive adapter bypasses the problem.
Look at the label on the disk-drive, for manufacturer, product-number, serial-number, and manufacture date. Access the manufacturer's web-site, and use "check warranty status" to see if the warranty still is valid. If so, the drive can be replaced, at minimal cost to you.
Buy a new, compatible, disk-drive, and install it in the enclosure, to "revive" your external storage device.
Search online for a professional "data recovery service". For a significant fee, they can repair your disk-drive, just long-enough to copy your files to a new disk-drive.

Like a needle on a record-player, moving over the tracks of a vinyl record,
the disk-drive has a moving read/write head.

Try defragmenting the disk-drive -- this tends to reduce the average distance that the head moves, and decreases the noise-level.

Connect it to a different computer. If it still is not detected, then there is a hardware problem. Exercise the warranty to get it repaired/replaced.

> it's working fine

The message is misleading -- it only means that the device is getting electrical power, and its "plug-and-play" information has been matched to a device that Windows knows how to support.

Connect it to a different computer, to see if it can be detected.
If not, then exercise the warranty to get it repaired/replaced.

Check the power adapter to verify it's working by using a volt meter. If using 115 VAC check inside the unit for a blown fuse.

> my brother bought an IOMEGA ...

Take it back to where he purchased it, and exercise the warranty to get it replaced, at minimal cost to you.

You could format the drive using NTFS and assign permissions to files and folders stored on it. This basic protection will deter most people but can be easily bypassed. Ensure you save any data on the disk before you format as it will be lost.

If you need to secure the data please have a look at http://www.truecrypt.org/

Hope this helps

Regards

Lee

First plug your external hard drive "disk" into your computer using your USB cable. Then insert your CD/DVD in your CD/DVD Drive "D, or E, or F" that are define in your system and turn off your computer and On your System "computer". Then boot form the installation disk. Begin the installation so that the hard drive will install the operating system. Then accept the license terms and conditions. Then choose your destination drive."By default, the C: will represent your main hard drive and the D: will usually represent your CD/DVD drive. So your external hard drive will be the E: or F: drive. "And you will now able to run that operating system."
N.B: "You will be able to run your external hard drive as a fully functional operating system. If your primary hard drive ever crashes, you will have a backup option unavailable to those who simply use their external hard drives as file and document backup."
All the Best!

It is broken, hard drives are delicate devices, they do not like being dropped.

Hi
Connect the hard disk to your computer using the USB cable. After that you can see the hard disk detected icon on you My Computer. Then go the folder which contains the pictures . Right click the folder and copy the pictures . Then come to My Computer , double click the hard disk icon and you can past the folder there and thus the pictures are moved/copied to the harddisk
Thanks

the problem could be from one of 3 places, one being the drive. this is very unlikely except if it has not fallen or dropped then it should be fine.
second could be your usb cord, since it is glowing then there is power going in but maybe not enough. so try a different cable
lastly it could be from your usb port, it might be a hardware fault or maybe it has being deactivated. try using it on another pc

If you get no joy using the Troubleshooting Guide then try this...
You will need to check You Tube to find a Dismantle on your product and follow the step guide on here, the procedure should be similar.
Check 1st that your External HDD has an P.C. internal HDD inside, from You Tube, before dismantle of your External HDD. Connections for an Internal Laptop HDD may have same connections as P.C. not sure though.
Once your happy that it has continue reading and follow the step guide on the link below.
My neighbour has the Seagate FreeAgent Desk 500GB, and in under 2 weeks it started to beep and was not reconized by any Laptop or P.C. if this is the same for you with any FreeAgent Desk series ( not GO series, different procedure for GO products). You maybe in luck click this link, you may have to register in the forums to view thread.... http://www.yo-lid.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=84 Thread can be found in 'Technical' under 'General Technical Issues'
Thumbs up please if it's any use to you Thank you.

start the comp when it is fully booted plugin the usb connection then plugin the mains try going to windows update while it is connected

Try this :
Delete the UpperFilters registry value and the LowerFilters registry value. These values may cause access problems. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the UpperFilters registry value. This value is located in the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
3. On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click OK.
   
   Note If you receive an error when you try to delete the registry subkey, you may not have appropriate permissions to edit the subkey. For more information about how to set or change registry editing permissions, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 310426 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310426/ ) How to set or change registry editing permissions in Windows XP or in Windows Server 2003
4. Locate and then click the LowerFilters registry value. This value is located in the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
5. On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click OK.
   
   Note If you receive an error when you try to delete the registry subkey, you may not have appropriate permissions to edit the subkey. For more information about how to set or change registry editing permissions, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 310426 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310426/ ) How to set or change registry editing permissions in Windows XP or in Windows Server 2003
6. Exit Registry Editor.
7. Restart the computer.

Have you tryed chkdsk in the command prompt, goto command prompt and type CHKDSK F: /F and press enter, this is a tool that checks your drives for any errors and hopfully should resolve any problems, rather than formating it and loosing everything on the drive.
Also have you tryed setting up the usb for mass storage in the bios somtimes there is a setting for this in the bios, or try setiing it back to factory defaults and see if that works.
The only other option would be to update your usb 2.0 driver in device manager in the properties of my computer icon on the desktop. hope this helps in some way and post back what happens.

it might not have a driver
control panel admistrive tools,computer management,device manager you should see a yellow question mark? right click to reinstall drivers hope this helps

Youcan try a Sync software like Allway Sync, is free file and folder synchronization software for Windows. Allway Sync uses innovative synchronization algorithms to synchronize your data between desktop PCs, laptops, USB drives and more. Allway Sync combines bulletproof reliability with an extremely easy-to-use interface.

You should be able to right click on the file and save it to your computer. (desktop C: drive ect....)