Thanks for your help. I guess there isn't much I can do about it except to
re-install windows XP on my computer.

"Pavel A." wrote:

> "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
> >>
>
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