I tried the lavalys.com program.
Here's the report. It sees the G: external hard drive. But Windows XP "My
computer" still doesn't.
Thanks,
Oliver
--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc.
]------------------------------------------------------------
Version EVEREST v2.20.405
Homepage
http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Report Wizard
Computer S0026157848 (desktop
computer)
Generator Owner
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2005-11-17
Time 17:53
--------[ Summary
]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904
(DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name S0026157848 (desktop
computer)
User Name Owner
Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4,
2000 MHz (20 x 100)
Motherboard Name Intel Maryville
D850MV (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 RIMM, Audio)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Tehama i850
System Memory 256 MB (PC800 RDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (01/07/02)
Communication Port Communications Port
(COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port
(LPT1)
Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 38162 MB (18082 MB
free)
F: (FAT32) 16104 MB (6661 MB
free)
G: (NTFS) 286157 MB (285268 MB
free)
Total Size 332.4 GB (302.7 GB
free)
"Jaymon" wrote:
> Oliver,
> Did you format the drive from Disk Management originally..?
> Have you checked for any updated USB drivers for your computer from the
> OEM's web site..?
> A nice diagnostic tool, might help.. It's free..
> http://www.lavalys.com/products/down...?pid=1&lang=en
> j;-j
>
> "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.