Another External H Drive is Not Accessible After Upgrading to Win 7

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alan2004

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I have just upgraded to Win 7 and want to use old hard drive (Seagate 500 gb) as external usb drive. Other drives work just fine in the caddy.


However, when I connect this Seagate drive it does not show up in disk management. In device management it does show as USB Mass Storage Device.


I've tried 'uninstalling devices' - it gets stuck and won't complete. Any ideas?
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10GHz
Motherboard
ASUS P8H61-M X/S
Memory
4.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire 11166-02-20R HD 5450 1GB DDR3 PCI
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI Expres
Monitor(s) Displays
Hanns HW191D
Hard Drives
SEAGATE 500GB SATA3 HARD DRIVE
Can you see it in BIOS? Does it have a drive letter?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
OS
Win 8 Release candidate 8400
CPU
[email protected]
Memory
4 gigs
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 9600M
Sound Card
HD built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
17" Wxga
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Cooling
none
Internet Speed
45Mb down 5Mb up
Nothing in disk management. How do I check BIOS?

Thanks.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10GHz
Motherboard
ASUS P8H61-M X/S
Memory
4.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire 11166-02-20R HD 5450 1GB DDR3 PCI
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI Expres
Monitor(s) Displays
Hanns HW191D
Hard Drives
SEAGATE 500GB SATA3 HARD DRIVE
alan2004 said:
I have just upgraded to Win 7 and want to use old hard drive (Seagate 500 gb) as external usb drive. Other drives work just fine in the caddy.
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You might try another inexpensive SATA/IDE adapter, just in case there's a particular incompatibility with the one you're currently using and that old Seagate drive.

Don't know if the adapter I pointed to is available over there, but risking $15 or so in a new adapter to find out if it's your current adapter which is at fault, or maybe that old Seagate drive had simply died... well it seems worth the small cost.

Incidentally, there's actually another active thread right now also dealing with a Seagate 500GB drive and problems seeing it. Has your drive always been used for Windows only, or was it used for a Mac?

Another idea... just to experiment a bit... you can use Partition Wizard (and its standalone boot CD) just to see if that drive-in-adapter can be seen by something other than Windows.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home-built, two systems (1) and (2)
OS
Windows 7 Pro x64 (1), Win7 Pro X64 (2)
CPU
i5-3350p 3.1Ghz/6MB-cache (1); E8400 3.0Ghz/6MB-cache (2)
Motherboard
ASUS P8Z77-V Pro (1); ASUS P5Q3 (2)
Memory
8GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (1); 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3 (2)
Graphics Card(s)
ATI HD7750 (1), (see TV cards); ATI R7 250 (2)
Sound Card
Realtek ALC892 HD Audio (1); Realtek ALC1200 HD Audio (2)
Monitor(s) Displays
Eizo HD2441W LCD, Eizo S2433W (1); Eizo 24" S2433W (2)
Screen Resolution
1920x1200, 1920x1200 (1); 1920x1200 (2)
Hard Drives
(1) 1TB SATA-II (7200RPM), 2x2TB SATA-III (7200RPM), 250GB SATA-III (10000RPM) for OS; 2x2TB external USB 3.0

(2) 320GB SATA-II (7200RPM), 750GB SATA-II (7200RPM), 150GB SATA-II (10000RPM) for OS; 2TB external USB 3.0
PSU
Nesteq ECS-6001 600W (1); Nesteq ECS-5001 500W (2)
Case
Acousti-Case 360 (1) and (2)
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 for CPU, 2x120mm case fans (1) and (2)
Keyboard
IBM PS/2 (1) and (2)
Mouse
Logitech MX Revolution wireless (1); Microsoft wired (2)
Internet Speed
100mbps down / 10mbps up
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials; Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Pro
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Ceton InfiniTV 4-tuner cablecard-enabled TV card as well as Hauppauge HVR-2250 OTA/ATSC 2-tuner TV card in (1), running under Win7 WMC
dsperber said:
alan2004 said:
I have just upgraded to Win 7 and want to use old hard drive (Seagate 500 gb) as external usb drive. Other drives work just fine in the caddy.
Click to expand...
You might try another inexpensive SATA/IDE adapter, just in case there's a particular incompatibility with the one you're currently using and that old Seagate drive.

Don't know if the adapter I pointed to is available over there, but risking $15 or so in a new adapter to find out if it's your current adapter which is at fault, or maybe that old Seagate drive had simply died... well it seems worth the small cost.

Incidentally, there's actually another active thread right now also dealing with a Seagate 500GB drive and problems seeing it. Has your drive always been used for Windows only, or was it used for a Mac?

Another idea... just to experiment a bit... you can use Partition Wizard (and its standalone boot CD) just to see if that drive-in-adapter can be seen by something other than Windows.
Click to expand...

No, it's always been windows. Thanks for the tip about Partition Wizard - but nothing showed.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10GHz
Motherboard
ASUS P8H61-M X/S
Memory
4.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire 11166-02-20R HD 5450 1GB DDR3 PCI
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI Expres
Monitor(s) Displays
Hanns HW191D
Hard Drives
SEAGATE 500GB SATA3 HARD DRIVE
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