"oliver" <oliver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BFDD07F1-44F7-4EB4-BD1E-7FBAFD9C4B5C@microsoft.com...
> 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.

Since the disk works well in other computer, most likely it is good,
so the Seagate folks can wash their hands.

The problem sits somewhere in your computer. Now, there are nasty
stubborn Windows problems that are just impossible to fix with a reasonable effort
and in reasonable time. You tried... it didn't help... this just happens.

--PA

>
> "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
>>