[nfbcs] External disk drive

[Steve Jacobson]

Tracy,

I assumed this was a new drive.  If you had it working before, was it on a different computer, and does it still work there?  What were the circumstances that resulted 
in it not working?  You might try making sure everything is uninstalled and see if the "add new hardware" option finds it in case there is now a driver that is updated 
and a part of Windows.  Otherwise, it could be the drivers have been updated and you may need to find the latest drivers.  After you get the sound that a new 
device was recognized, you might also give it a minute or so and then refresh the Windows Explorer screen to force it to go looking again.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:38:52 -0400 (EDT), Tracy Carcione wrote:

>The thing is, it doesn't have a drive letter.  It just has a name in
>Device Manager, under Disc Drives.

>It is a Speedano 2.0 USB external disc drive.
>My USB ports are active--I have things plugged in to all 4 of them.  As
>per Gary's suggestion, I unplugged one device, and move the disc drive's
>cable to that slot.  As I said, the computer makes the USB turning on
>noise when I turn on the disc drive, and the off noise when I turn it off.
> I just can't get at the darned thing.

>I have the disc that came with the drive, and I can try reinstalling the
>drivers, once I figure out which ones I want from the several selections. 
>I remember it being hard to do though, when I did it years ago, the first
>time I tried to get this drive to work.
>Tracy

>> hi,
>>
>> you may be able to tickle it by changing the drive letter in computer
>> management.
>>
>> Bryan Schulz
>>
>> ----- 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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