BIOS doesn't recognize hard drive but Windows does

I"ve had a Simpletech external hard drive for a few years now, and it's worked great on every computer that's had Windows XP (it's a plug and play). However, I just bought a new laptop with Windows 7, and when I tried to plug it in to the USB port on it, it just told me "USB device not recognized."...

I recently attempted to add a hard drive to my Lenovo W520 laptop using a CD/DVD caddy accessory designed to hold a SATA hard drive. Windows recognized the new device and according to its messages, automatically installed the required device drivers. However, when I go into Windows Explorer,...

I recently bought a new computer with pre-installed Windows 7 Home Premium. The HDD inside is supposed to be 1TB but Windows only shows 55gb available, of which over half is already in use. I checked from BIOS and it recognizes the drive as 1000gb. I've searched all kinds of forums and DIY -tips...

In an attempt to make more space for my media files, I created a new partition on my computer and simply moved all of the files from my previous 40Gig partition into my new 100Gig partition. Everything was done using the built-in software that came with Windows 7 Ultimate. Things went fine for...

Can't get windows to recognize my D drive, just installed 7, it shows up in device manager as working properly. Running a dual boot system until I get comfortable with 7.