[nfbcs] External disk drive

[Tracy Carcione]

Steve,
No, it doesn't make any kind of noise, except the USB noise.  I'll try
hooking it up to the laptop, and see what happens.
Thanks.
Tracy


> Tracy,
>
> I would start to get suspicious that something is defective.  Have you
> tried this drive on another computer, and have you tried other cables?  As
> far as I know, most
> drives come formatted and usually contain some documentation and sometimes
> some demo programs.  Do you hear or feel the drive spinning up when you
> connect
> it?  If you know the name of the drive, you might try Google to see if
> anything turns up, but it almost sounds as though there is a hardware
> problem of some kind.
>
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:34:40 -0400 (EDT), Tracy Carcione wrote:
>
>>Nope, no joy there.
>>If the external disc was not formatted, would that cause it not to be
>>displayed?
>>When I try to look at Properties, it tells me the device is working
>>properly, but it doesn't show me any info like bytes used and bytes free,
>>or the disc format.
>>The only place I can see the drive is under Device Manager, and Format is
>>not one of the options.
>>Tracy
>
>>> Have you tried first changing the USB port? Sometimes that will work.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>>> To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:51 AM
>>> Subject: [nfbcs] External disk drive
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi guys.  I am having a problem, and I'm not sure what to do.  I have
>>>> an
>>>> external disc drive with a USB connection.  When I turn it on, the
>>>> computer makes the USB on sound, but I don't see the drive under My
>>>> Computer.  When I go to System/Device Manager/Disc Drives, I see it,
>>>> but
>>>> the Properties button is unavailable.  I tried the Populate button
>>>> under
>>>> Volumes, but it didn't seem to do much.
>>>> I think perhaps I need to start over from scratch and re-add the
>>>> drive,
>>>> but I don't know how to take it off first.  A friend says I can
>>>> re-scan
>>>> for hardware, but I don't see where to do that.
>>>> Any ideas for how I can get this drive to show up under My Computer?
>>>> I
>>>> am
>>>> running Windows XP Pro.
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Tracy
>>>>
>>>>
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