It wouldn't happen to be one of them that turns itself off would it?
Other possibilities are you don't have enough power for everything
pluged into USB.

High4Tower wrote:

> I thought it was resolved, but it actually didn't work. What I had done was
> change a setting on the USB Root Hub properties so that the computer could
> not turn the device off to save power.
>
> But, my drive is still disappearing
>
> "BigFatGoalie" wrote:
>
>
>>What was the resolution here?
>>
>>I would be interested to know, if you dn't mind me asking.
>>
>>Thomas Wendell Wrote:
>>
>>>Hope it helps..
>>>
>>>You're welcome
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"High4Tower" High4Tower@discussions.microsoft.com kirjoitti
>>>viestissä:7CF00F05-B093-4E8D-8891-5AF7075BCE00@microsoft.com...
>>>Never mind that...found it!
>>>
>>>Thanks so much!
>>>
>>>"Thomas Wendell" wrote:
>>>
>>>Anything like power management running?
>>>
>>>Anyway, check
>>>Start-Run devmgmt.msc - USB controllers (?) - RClick USB Root
>>>Hub
>>>(all of them, one at a time) - Properties - Power Management tab -
>>>"Allow
>>>computer to turn off .."
>>>If checked, UN-check
>>>
>>>
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>>>"High4Tower" High4Tower@discussions.microsoft.com kirjoitti
>>>viestissä:700E33B6-534F-416F-87BD-582F4587EF1C@microsoft.com...
>>>I just bought an external hard drive (USB Mass Storage Device). I am
>>>able
>>>to
>>>browse through disk management to initialize, activate, partition,
>>>and
>>>format
>>>the disk and it can then be found through My Computer and I can
>>>create
>>>files
>>>on it. The problem is that after some time (less than an hour, not
>>>sure
>>>how
>>>long exactly) the drive disappears from My Computer and is no longer
>>>available in Disk Management so I have to disconnect and reconnect
>>>the
>>>drive.
>>>
>>>
>>>Why is my drive disappearing? How do I get it to stay?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>BigFatGoalie
>>