external hard drive does not appear anywhere on the computer.

i've had the Western Digital WDH1U10000N 1TB for a little over a week
now. it was working fine, up until yesterday night. i made the switch
from my PC to my laptop. when i plugged the USB into my laptop, the
external hard drive was not recognized. so, i tried plugging the USB
into another port, and after a few minutes it was recognized by the
laptop. this morning when i plugged the external hard drive back to my
PC, it is not recognized. moreover i can't find it anywhere on the
computer. i know for a fact it is turned on, but i just can't find it
anywhere on my computer. does anyone know what the problem is?


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iownstan

Have a look in Disk Management. Maybe there is a problem with the driv
letter. You can reassign that in disk management

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whs

i've taken a look there before, but the external was nowhere to b
found.

if this helps, the external is usually displayed as drive e

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iownstan

Is the USB port known to be working correctly on the desktop? Do you hear
the 'ding' sound?
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows


"iownstan" <> wrote in message
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> i've had the Western Digital WDH1U10000N 1TB for a little over a week
> now. it was working fine, up until yesterday night. i made the switch
> from my PC to my laptop. when i plugged the USB into my laptop, the
> external hard drive was not recognized. so, i tried plugging the USB
> into another port, and after a few minutes it was recognized by the
> laptop. this morning when i plugged the external hard drive back to my
> PC, it is not recognized. moreover i can't find it anywhere on the
> computer. i know for a fact it is turned on, but i just can't find it
> anywhere on my computer. does anyone know what the problem is?
>
>
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> iownstan

BUMP

anybody

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iownstan

Open a cmd prompt and type in

diskpart
list disk

Does it see your disk in there? If it does then type in

select disk# (# will be the disk number from above for your 1TB)
list partition

Does it see any partitions

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truthkid

"Bump" does not work in usenet, which is what the forum you are posting in
slurps from. It's merely a web interface to several news forums. Patience is
a virtue, and you should wait a minimum of 48 hours before restating your
problem.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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"iownstan" <> wrote in message
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> BUMP.
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> anybody?
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> iownstan

no, the external isn't listed there. but i know for a fact the externa
is functioning properly, and not broken because the lights in it are on

[image
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...ernalForum.jpg

thanks for your help though. anyone else want to step up to the plate
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iownstan

The lights require power, so your troubleshooting technique is a bi
flawed. Have you tried multiple usb cables and on other computers?
brand new hard drive will show up with the show disk command providin
its powered and physically connected

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truthkid

"iownstan" <> wrote in message
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> i've taken a look there before, but the external was nowhere to be
> found.
>
> if this helps, the external is usually displayed as drive e.
>
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> iownstan

Go into disk management and re-letter your DVD drive that is showing as
drive E to a different letter (as shown in you image from later post). Does
the drive then show?