If absolutely everything is the same (eg. you haven't plugged in an extra peripheral etc) then to me it points to the ext HDD and not specifically a power issue. I would try the ext HDD on a friend's PC and use diagnostics on the drive as suggested earlier.
The driver update may be the solution. I'm sure essenbe will add more here.
OMG!!! GUYS I SOLVED THE PROBLEM.. out of sheer frustration.. i did the following:
plugged in my HDD..
> "DING DONG"
> Device manager
> Disk drive
> "Tosoiba exxernal rdd USB"(wonder y it reads it lik dat)
> uninstall
> (it disappears)
> unplug device
> plug in again
> automatically detects and installs
> AND BOOM its WORKING!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!
i hope my problem does not happen again!!!! if it does i will b bac.. lol.. although none of ur inputs really fixed the problem.. i must say.. thnq essenbe, seavixan32 and mjf for all your help..i really appretiate it.. anywayz.. my name is Dr.Nithin Joe.. nice meeting with you all
Well done doc! The procedure you carried out often produces a result after a device hasn't been recognised or a driver hasn't correctly installed.
Nice to meet you too and thanks for the feedback.
thnx again for all ur support.. keep up the gud work guyz.. :)
Good to see you got it working. It had to be related to the external disk. In this case apparently the Windows plug n play driver for the external HDD. It's curious how it suddenly played up.
guyz.. 1 more problem.. dis time its my
CR523 High Speed US2.0 All in 1 Multiple Card Reader (pink)
it isn bein recognized by Windows 7.. but it is recognized by vista.. any ideas.. i tried everythin i did for d HDD.. no luck
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