01-05-2006, 02:13 AM
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Re: Trouble installing USB2 external hard drive
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oliver wrote:
> 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
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>
> --------[ 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)
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>
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> "Jaymon" wrote:
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>>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
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>>"oliver" wrote:
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>>>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.
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