My computer wont recognise my external hdd as a drive but it can be seen in device and printers but it cannot be used i also cannot format the drive as it is not recognised as one.
Follow these steps:
1. right click on My Computer
2.Click on manage
3.Click Disc Management
There you can see External hd (you can chose to activate or change drive letters and that will do the job)
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Your drive could have errors due to the aborted task. You need to format your drive. Go to Computer Management, if your drive is recognized in device manager t will show up in the Computer Management, there you can format it. Good luck.
SOURCE: My computer is failing to recognise it, therefore
Too Bad.
do this
take apart the hard drive enclosure. and try to connect the hard drive direct to the computer, if you can't do this, try with another adapter, if this fails your HD is Die. sorry
SOURCE: My pc doesn't seem to recognise my Buffalo
Hi,
Install to another pc ,if the problem is same ,
change the cable .
If you need more information, reply me soon.
Thanks
SOURCE: my external buffalo hard drive
Right click on My Computer (or Computer is Vista/7) and select Management from the menu. Click to expand Storage and then click on Disk Management underneath it. It may take a couple of seconds for the area on the right to populate.Scroll down in the lower pane and see if you can locate your external hard drive in the list. When you locate it, right click in the left area that says Disk # and see if there is an option to Initalize the disk. Click on Initalize.
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w7 if your computer is running windows 7 you might need to do this 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. click start control panel administrative tools computer management device manager scroll down universal serial bus controllers you could see a yellow question / exclamation mark? ! or a red X you will need to update/reinstall drivers right click to reinstall drivers 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, 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 to a computer and its parts if 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
for xp
if you can see your usb but its not working
hope this helps
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