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OK, its not being seen/detected at all. Does this drive enclosure have an external power pack? Or does the data cable have two USB plugs on one end? It sounds like it may not be getting enough power from the laptops USB port.
OK, its not being seen/detected at all. Does this drive enclosure have an external power pack? Or does the data cable have two USB plugs on one end? It sounds like it may not be getting enough power from the laptops USB port.
Mate that size drive is going to need the ac adaptor it is asking a lot of the laptop USB supply if it is getting power from the machine I reckon it probably is way too little if you have seen inside one of those things you would know why.
Anyway you can find the available USB power supply through Device manager rather than me type the whole thing out see this linux - How do you check how much power a USB port can deliver? - Super User
The hva e look at the drive and see the power requirements they will be signed on it somewhere if the USB power of the machine is sufficient then using the USB will be fine. Personally I would rather use the adaptor.
Sorry mate I must have misunderstood what you said I thought you meant run it only via the USB you have to have that for data anyway.
So there must be a model number on it somewhere if you can post that it would be really helpful:)
Ok I have had a scout around including that Seagate forum but it seems that the machine is the problem if the Go Flex works in the other machines.
Have you had a look in the Device Manager to see if there is anything there? See my pic
If it has its own power pack then it "shouldn't" be a power issue. The reason I asked is that a lot of those external enclosures don't come with power packs and will have issues especially on laptops. Have a look at what ICit2lol posted and see what that leads to.