External Hard-Drive Not Showing Up

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  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Premium
       #1

    External Hard-Drive Not Showing Up


    Hello SEVEN FORUMS,
    Im here to write an HELP thread for my external hard drive.
    Well first off its a SeaGate 250GB Hard-drive (USB) i plug it into the USB port with cable and the light comes on saying its connected.
    I go onto my computer and nothing comes up? Its not in My Computer or anything.
    DO i need to Do Something Thanks?

    PS: im on Windows 7 Home Premium - 64-Bit

    CHEERS
    :)
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Premium
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Heres a screen Shot: THANKS ( it's An Attachment *SORRY*)
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails External Hard-Drive Not Showing Up-disk.png  
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  4. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #4

    Hi Shaun,
    I have the same operating system and had the same problem with a new Buffalo Ministation 1tb external HDD. Try going to Start; right click on Computer; click on Manage; click on Disk Management under Storage on the left and your SeaGate should show up with a blue line. Right click on the blue line and select Change Drive Letter and Paths. This will allow you to choose a drive letter and the external HDD should then show up in Windows Explorer.
    Good luck! Geoff.
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  5. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #5

    Shaaun said:
    Heres a screen Shot: THANKS ( it's An Attachment *SORRY*)
    If this is a new external hard drive, return to Retailer.
    If not, check that all the cables are connected OK, in & outside ofthe case.
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  6. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Premium
    Thread Starter
       #6

    theog said:
    Shaaun said:
    Heres a screen Shot: THANKS ( it's An Attachment *SORRY*)
    If this is a new external hard drive, return to Retailer.
    If not, check that all the cables are connected OK, in & outside ofthe case.
    It is not brand new, i got it about 2years ago and i got an Windows 7 PC way after i bought it. Im sure windows 7 wasnt out when i bought it,
    thanks.
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  7. Posts : 5,941
    Linux CENTOS 7 / various Windows OS'es and servers
       #7

    Hi there
    I've posted on this type of problem which can often be solved quite easily

    Here's an example I had with an unrecognized USB drive.

    Since your light comes on I don't think you've got a hardware problem.

    I'm sure if you follw what I do -- happens with several drives since I'm always swapping them on quite a few different machines.

    1) Control panel===>administrative tools===>computer management===>Disk management

    2) You'll see a list of Disks (and partititions) and DVD's (if you have any) and you'll probably see something like Disk 1 with no partition letter assigned

    3) Right mouse click and choose Change drive letter and paths ===> add chose a letter from the drop down and the drive will be available.

    Sometimes this happens when you switch USB drives between different computers and OS'es -- I think this is due to the "Disk ID" created by Windows .

    anyway if you look at three screenshots I can now access the unrecognized drive as drive J.


    Cheers
    jimbo
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails External Hard-Drive Not Showing Up-ext1.png   External Hard-Drive Not Showing Up-ext2.png   External Hard-Drive Not Showing Up-ext3.png  
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  8. Posts : 1
    windows 7 home edition 64 bit
       #8

    1) Control panel===>administrative tools===>computer management===>Disk management

    2) You'll see a list of Disks (and partititions) and DVD's (if you have any) and you'll probably see something like Disk 1 with no partition letter assigned

    3) Right mouse click and choose Change drive letter and paths ===> add chose a letter from the drop down and the drive will be available.


    what if the devise in question dosnt show here?
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  9. Posts : 1
    windows 7 premium 64 bit
       #9

    i am having the same problem at present and the main issue with mine is when i go to select the options it is coming up with all grey and not allowing me to change the file path or assign a drive letter... any suggestions???
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  10. Posts : 450
    Windows 7
       #10

    Event Viewer, select Applications, Microsoft, Windows, DriverFrameworks-UserMode, Operational. Those are USB connection events.
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