RE: Trouble installing USB2 external hard drive
What do you mean? Seagate support suggested it was a problem with the
registry. I tried to clean out the registry and had no success. Any
suggestions?
Thanks.
"Pavel A." wrote:
> "oliver" wrote:
> > I have Windows XP SP2 installed on my computer. I tried to connect a Seagate
> > 300GB external hard drive using a USB connector. The hard drive is NOT
> > listed on "My computer." It is listed correctly on the "device manager" and
> > is "working properly." Using "disk management", it is listed as a 280+GB
> > "healthy" NTFS drive without an assigned drive letter. When I assign a drive
> > letter, I am able to open the drive using "disk management" and access its
> > contents (read/write), but the drive remains unlisted on "My computer." The
> > drive is properly listed on "My computer" when I connect it to my laptop
> > computer. Seagate customer support couldn't fix the problem and suggested it
> > was a Microsoft Windows registry issue. I tried to cleaning out the registry
> > without any success. Any thoughts? Thanks.
>
> Seagate support can be right sometimes?
>
> --PA
>
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