Where did my external HDD go?


  1. dpnaugle
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    windows 7 pro 64 bit
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    Where did my external HDD go?


    Any idea why my WD External drive lost it's drive Icon? It seems to work fine but for some reason it no longer has the "WD-My Book" icon.

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  3. myzr7
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    You could try to rebuild your icon cache
    Icon Cache - Rebuild - Vista Forums
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  4. dpnaugle
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    Well I wasn't able to figure that out but I didn't have much on there so I just reformatted it and all is good.

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  6. slithernet
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Retail RTM, Ubuntu 9.10
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    check out the autorun.inf on the root of the drive
    there should be a line in there that says

    icon=

    with the location of the icon after the =
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