 External hard drive not working, stupid windows |
| External hard drive not working, stupid windows |
 Jan 9 2007, 01:14 AM
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Hey I just got an external USB hard drive. It's a SATA hard drive and when I plug it in windows reads it as a cdrom drive for whatever reason. So I can't format it, or access it. The only thing i can think of is that it's not formatted or doesn't have a partition table. Anyone got any suggestions?
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Jan 10 2007, 11:02 AM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
It sounds to me like a driver issue. You might try uninstalling the driver windows assigned it by default and reinstalling it through windows update (it'll ask if you want to get the driver through windows update when you try to reinstall it).
If the manufacturer didn't provide a driver disk, I'm not sure what else you'd want to try. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM)  Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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