External Hard drive not detecting in Windows 7

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  1. jumanji
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    Never mind. These things happen. The only thing that made us suspect your Windows 7 System is that you indicated that it worked perfectly on Windows XP.

    Does it still work consistently on Windows XP or was it just a fluke?
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  3. allen2013
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    Now that I think of, it was just a fluke because I tried it only once on the XP computer. Guess I'm not that lucky after all. Thank you for everything.
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  4. JohnDMoc
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       New #13

    External Hard Drive


    I'm having the same problem. Migrated from XP over a year ago & no problems with Windows 7 until now.
    I'm using IOMEGA QuikProtect software. I did eject the drive & then put in a new external (Seagate) - no problem. Did an eject & and the re-inserted IOMEGA - not recognized by Windows as a viable drive.
    All Windows does is ask if I want to format the drive. I even tried that, since I do have another B/U drive -
    Western Digital, Windfows told me that it wouldn't work.
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