hard drive not detected


  1. kristav
    Posts : 2
    windows7 ultimate
       New #1

    hard drive not detected


    hi i had a problem with the detection of my seagate external 500 GB hard drive today morning..till now it was working and being detected fine. suddenly this problem arose. I've been trying since morning.. device manager shows the hard drive working properly status.. but i cant find the drive in 'computer'. i even tried control panel-admin tools- comp management-disk mangement but my disc is not detected there too.but the light in the hard drive remains on.. my computer detects my 8 gb flash drive. please help me soon.. i have important stuff for my exams stored in there and i forgot to take a back up thinking i would do that later.. i have windows 7 ultimate installed in my laptop.. thanks in advance..
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. DocBrown
    Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       New #2

    Have you tried powering off Ext HD & plugging in a different USB post & powering ON again?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. kristav
    Posts : 2
    windows7 ultimate
    Thread Starter
       New #3

    my hard drive cant be powered off. it gets its power from the port.. i've tried all ports.. and also tried restarting my computer a number of times.. still not detected.. used to work just fine till morning with the same settings..
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
Hey there guys, about six months ago I started receiving an error every few days on my computer on boot, and it was something along the lines of: 'pxe-rom: Check cable connection!'. To fix it I just used my Windows 7 install CD and it was fine, until whenever it'd happen again. Now, just about...
Second hard drive not detected
in Hardware & Devices

Hello :: Configuration of my desktop:: Processor and board AMD athlon 7750 dual core ASUS M2N68 - AM se2 Ram :: 4 GB DDR2 transcend 800MHZ x 2
Ok, so I got a new asus P8z68-V pro motherboard. Im re-using my current 750gb SATA drive. I plugged it into the sata port, and start the computer. When it starts it says "no hard drive is detected!" I go into the bios, and on the bottom it has a disk drive, and a SATA drive. It...
Hard Drive not detected
in Hardware & Devices

So a few months ago my PC broke and Windows refused to load onto it at all. However, linux did, so i got by using that. however, I bought a custom built gaming PC, which arrived yesterday. I transferred the HDD from my old PC (with all my data on, and a few broken windows versions, but no linux...
Hard Drive Not Detected
in Installation & Setup

Hello all, I've got an issue during post installation. One of my hard drive is never given a drive letter, but it does show up as a possible install drive during setup. I always have to go into Drive Management and assign that drive a letter (and moving my DVD drive down a letter to keep the...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 15:00.
Find Us