XP professional not recognizing external hard drive

Been using this external hard drive for 6 months on the same computer - no
problems. Now it is not recognized. It is a plug and play so no additional
drivers needed. Works in a different computer. It is a Western Digital.
Windows has been updated. I'm very confused. Any help out there? Thanks.

Try posting to WinXP General newsgroup instead.
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ComputeThis wrote:
> Been using this external hard drive for 6 months on the same computer - no
> problems. Now it is not recognized. It is a plug and play so no
> additional
> drivers needed. Works in a different computer. It is a Western Digital.
> Windows has been updated. I'm very confused. Any help out there?
> Thanks.

Windows XP Newsgroups
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ewsgroups.mspx
Perhaps "General" or "Hardware"
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"ComputeThis" <> wrote in message
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| Been using this external hard drive for 6 months on the same computer - no
| problems. Now it is not recognized. It is a plug and play so no additional
| drivers needed. Works in a different computer. It is a Western Digital.
| Windows has been updated. I'm very confused. Any help out there? Thanks.

Having the same problem, only mine is a brand new Simpletech, never used.
Took it back to Best Buy today, it works there. Tried again, no dice.

"ComputeThis" wrote:

> Been using this external hard drive for 6 months on the same computer - no
> problems. Now it is not recognized. It is a plug and play so no additional
> drivers needed. Works in a different computer. It is a Western Digital.
> Windows has been updated. I'm very confused. Any help out there? Thanks.